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Every now and then (with the lecturer’s permission) we are able to give you the chance to enjoy a course you might have missed the first time around.
A Certificate of Completion
At the end of this course you will be able to download a personalised certificate of completion from the classroom. A great way to keep track of your learning and celebrate your Egyptological journey.
Ancient Egyptian Jewellery with Lucia Gahlin
A set of Seven Pre-Recorded 90 minute lectures and handouts
Once enrolled you will have access until 13 January 2025
These lectures were recorded between June and July 2021 when Lucia presented this course as one of our Monday evening Zoom courses.
Ancient Egyptian jewellery is both eye-catching and meaningful. In this course, Lucia explored some of the most wonderful examples found today in museums in Cairo, London, New York and elsewhere. Jewellery from the tomb of Tutankhamun is perhaps the best known, but she also focused on the most wonderful jewellery to survive from ancient Egypt, pieces found in the burials of royal women of the Middle Kingdom. Lucia also looks at many other dazzling examples discovered throughout Egypt and from all periods of pharaonic history.
Lucia also examined the range of jewellery forms, the development of sophisticated techniques used by the ancient jewellers, and the variety of materials in which they worked, including gold, silver, carnelian, turquoise, lapis lazuli, glass, and faience. She also engaged with relevant textual references, and images on statues, wall paintings and reliefs.
In summary, Lucia considered the style, design, and taste of the Egyptians at different periods of their 3000-year pharaonic history; and looked at the use of jewellery as both adornment and magical protection.
Lucia Gahlin
Lucia Gahlin is an Egyptologist based in the UK. She is an Honorary Research Associate at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, lectures widely, and gives guided tours of museums with Egyptian collections.
She has worked at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London, and continues to teach in this museum. For many years she was chair for the Friends of the Petrie Museum. She has worked as the Small Finds Registrar at the archaeological site of Amarna in Egypt, and has lead tours to Egypt for over 20 years. Her publications include Egypt: gods, myths and religion.
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