Importance Of Crowns In Ancient Egypt

In Ancient Egypt, jewelry and crowns were a big part of the Egyptians culture, and were very important to all Egyptians. Many figures were found on jewelry and crowns, the most common ones being animals, plants, gods, and goddesses. There were three main styles of crowns, the Red Crown, the White Crown, and the Double Crown. Crowns were worn in order to display one’s power, status, and authority. Different people wore these crowns, like pharaohs and Ancient Egyptian gods. Unlike crowns, jewelry was worn by almost everyone. Jewelry was worn by rich people, poor people, women, and even men. Sometimes, jewelry was worn by animals that were considered sacred. It was worn for many reasons, including being a sign of one’s social rank or just to …show more content…
These techniques included cloisonné, ajouré, repoussé, chasing and granulation. Cloisonné, used to make jewelry like pectorals, was used for inlay work. People who made jewelry using this technique would make small, individual cell-like structures, from extremely thin pieces of metal. These structures were called cloisons. The cloisons were put together to create an image, then each cell was filled with colored enamel, and set to dry. Another technique that was used is called ajouré. Ajouré was a simple technique that was used by cutting convoluted patterns out of metal. A third technique that was used during Ancient Egyptian times to make jewelry, is called repoussé. This technique was also simple, and it included hammering patterns on the backside of a sheet of metal. This would create designs on the front side of the metal. Chasing was another simple way that people made jewelry in Ancient Egyptian times. Chasing was accomplished by indenting patterns onto metal. Lastly, Egyptians used the technique of granulation to make jewelry in the ancient times. Granulation was used in Ur, a city-state in Sumer, before it was used in Ancient Egypt. Granulation was done by joining tiny, round grains of metal to a metal background, this was called called soldering. Some jewelers made the soldering so fine that it wasn’t