Real Ancient Egyptian Wedding Rings

The ankh was an ancient egyptian symbol of eternal life and immortality.

Real ancient egyptian wedding rings. Iron was chosen as the material for these rings as it was meant to symbolize strength and permanence. Gaining the family s approval of your bride or groom isn t completely necessary especially in some situations when there is just no way your father will ever approve of the man you. The role of the well defined ring comes from ancient egypt. The amount and quality of their ancient egyptian jewelry depended on their parents status but all children wore jewelry unless they were slaves.

The word ankh also means mirror in the ancient egyptian language as in a mirror to the soul. Egyptian rings have been discovered that date back to about 3000 years before the christian era. Their clothing was relatively plain however egyptian jewelry was incredibly ornate. For noble egyptians like queens and pharaohs the egyptian jewelry was made from precious metals minerals gems and coloured glass.

Silver was scarce to unknown in ancient egypt since there were no silver mines at hand. Gold ankh ring our egyptian solid 18k gold ankh ring is handmade in egypt. The ancient egyptians were the first to give the right to divorce to both husbands and wives. From this era beautiful stylised solid gold rings have been found.

Every ancient egyptian owned jewelry regardless of gender or class. Materials used in ancient egyptian jewelry wealthier classes used primarily gold and some copper for their ancient egyptian jewelry while lower classes used mainly copper. Rings were made of braided hemp or reeds formed into a circle the symbol of eternity not only for the egyptians but many other ancient cultures. In fact the universal wedding symbol the perfectly round ring also dates back to the ancient egypt when the circle of the ring represented a union without beginning without end.

The ring was used as an ornament more than 30 centuries before the beginning of our time. The ornaments included heart scarabs lucky charms bracelets beaded necklaces and rings. Ancient egyptians are said to have been the first to use rings in a wedding ceremony as early as 3000 bc. The first of these was worn at home whilst the second was worn in public to impress people.

Now that s something beautiful. Both in ancient times and now egyptian weddings have to be approved by the families of the bride and groom whether the wedding is arranged or a love match.