Handmade Gold Ancient Motif Ring Presented by Carol Marks

Most original piece of jewelry: a 14K gold ring, set with a raised three-dimensional question mark that is created by eleven bezel-set faceted diamonds....

Heavenly Sphere Ring by California jewelry artist Mark Timmerman. Bronze sphere ring with gold and silver appliques, 4 mm ruby, square 2.5 mm diamo...

A handmade Troubadour gold ring by Lucie Heskett-Brem the Gold Weaver of Lucerne, the ring comprised of twelve interlocking links of a troubadour design ...

An Ancient Head of Medusa Gold Ring circa 300 BC This high carat gold Hellenistic ring is designed as a gold disc with a horizontally positioned archaic r...

Elegant Handmade 18 kt Yellow Gold Ring Gold color: Yellow Size: 5 Total weight: 0.99 grams

This DUBINI ring features an egyptian faience scarab set in 18K yellow gold. See our selections of scarabs to create your unique ring. Dimensions of Scarabs: 13x19x10mm HISTORY Along with the pyramids, sphinxes, and mummies, the scarabs are one of the most familiar objects representing Egypt. Scarabs have been collected for centuries and were particularly popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. “Scarabaeus sacer is the Latin name for the dung beetle. Today most people do not have great appreciation for this insect, but this variety and several other members of the family Scarabaeidae, were sacred to the ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians connected the beetles’ habits of rolling balls of dung around their eggs with the concept of eternal life in the after-world. The meaning of Kheper or Scarab was “”becoming, being, metamorphosing, generation, new life, virility, and resurrection.”” Representations of the beetle were an essential symbol in Egyptian art and a whole class of seals and amulets were made in its image. These little amulets of beetle form often bear hieroglyphic designs on their base, including good luck wishes, the names gods, and the names of individuals both noble and common. The most obviously interesting scarabs are those with names of kings, of the royal family, and of officials. Pharaohs were worshiped as gods, and the names of the current pharaoh or a popular deceased pharaohs, such as Thothemes III, were used to bring good luck to the bearer. Scarabs were manufactured in a wide variety of materials including steatite, faience, stone, glass, and bone, from the Old Kingdom...