Golden jewellery found in burial in Amarna

February 7, 2023
This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 135


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The Egyptian-British archaeological mission working in the Northern Cemetery (Tombs of the Nobles) at Amarna has uncovered a burial containing fine pieces of gold jewellery.

left A gold ring found in the Northern Cemetery at Amarna bearing the hieroglyphs ‘Daughter of the Lady of the Two Lands’. above A necklace of hollow gold beads also found at Amarna.
A gold ring found in the Northern Cemetery at Amarna bearing the hieroglyphs ‘Daughter of the Lady of the Two Lands’.

The grave contained the remains of a young woman wrapped in textiles, who was buried with a necklace of hollow gold beads, and three gold rings, one bearing an image of Bes, and another the inscription ‘Daughter of the Lady of the Two Lands’.

A necklace of hollow gold beads also found at Amarna.

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