Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Egyptian gold jewelry collection. About informs Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
The find was made on the territory of the Tel el-Amarna necropolis. It belonged to the city of Amarna, built in 1346 BC. As the capital of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the 10th ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Akhenaten (original name Amenhotep IV) abandoned the traditional polytheistic religions of Egypt, instead introducing Atonism, the cult of the god Aten, depicted as a sun disk. After the death of the pharaoh, his successors reverted to the traditional gods and distanced themselves from Atonism. Akhenaten was discredited, and in ancient written records he was called “the enemy” or “this criminal.”
Now, in the necropolis of this pharaoh’s capital, archaeologists have discovered the burial of a young woman wrapped in a cloth and mat made of plant fibers. She was buried with a necklace of petal-shaped elements and rings on three fingers made of gold and soapstone.
The woman was placed in a small tomb containing a shaft and a chamber, along with several other burials from the 18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BC) during Akhenaten’s reign.
One of the rings is decorated with the image of Bast, who, along with his female colleague Beset, is revered as the protector of the household and especially mothers, children and childbirth. Later, Bestet came to be seen as the defender of all good and the enemy of all evil.