Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

This Valentine’s Day, Christie’s invites romantics to skip the glitzy showrooms of Bvlgari, Cartier, and Harry Winston and instead explore an exclusive auction of ancient gold jewelry.

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

The artifacts include gold pieces and jewelry dating to ... around 300 artifacts on display. Last May, Egyptian antiquities authorities unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were ...

However, some items such as jewelry in women's burials were found ... dating back to the ancient Egyptian 13th Dynasty.

Beads, often cut from precious metal and stone, were strung into intricate necklaces and bracelets. The brooch, a stylish pin, shows the style and function of jewelry in ancient Egyptian times.

Some of the ancient jewelry found within a pot at Karnak Temple in Egypt. . | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a ...

It’s certainly not because the pieces aren’t precious, Solomon said. “Ancient jewelry is much less expensive than what retail ...