GET READY TO FEAST YOUR EYES ON THIS VERY RARE AND BREATH-TAKING ARTISAN ONE-OF-A-KIND NECKLACE!

OFFERED FOR SALE IS THIS EXQUISITE AND UNIQUE VINTAGE, HAND-CARVED, NATURAL EGYPTIAN SOAPSTONE (STEATITE) SCARAB PENDANT NECKLACE.  THE EXQUISITE SCARAB IS TOTALLY HANDCRAFTED BY EGYPTIAN ARTISANS AND METICULOUSLY DESIGNED FROM THE RAREST AND FINEST MATERIALS!

PROVENANCE:

THE HAND-CARVED SOAPSTONE SCARAB WAS ACQUIRED OVER 35 YEARS AGO FROM THE VILLAGE OF GOURNA, NEAR LUXOR, EGYPT. THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECES ARE NO LONGER BEING MADE.

THIS STUNNING NECKLACE FEATURES A MEDIUM-SIZED 18MMX 13MM ( 5/8" X 3/4"...SIZE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL CARVING) HAND- CARVED, VINTAGE EGYPTIAN SOAPSTONE SCARAB IN A BEAUTIFUL CREAMY BEIGE COLOR.

I HAVE SET THIS RARE PIECE IN AN EXQUISITE, OPEN-BACK ROCOCCO CAST, GOLD PLATED SETTING SO YOU CAN APPRECIATE ITS HISTORY AND BEAUTY. THE SOAPSTONE SCARAB IS CARVED ON BOTH SIDES. THE BACK OR BELLY OF THE SCARAB HAS HAND-CARVED HIEROGLYPHICS SO THIS MOST UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY CAN BE VIEWED FROM UNDERNEATH WHERE THE HIEROGLYPHIC CARVINGS CAN BE VIEWED. (SEE MY GALLERY PHOTOS)

 THE TOTAL DIMENSIONS OF THE PENDANT DROP  IS 1 3/4"  X 1 3/16" 

THIS RARE AND UNIQUE PIECE IS MOUNTED ON A BRAND NEW 18" GOLDTONE SNAKE CHAIN SO THIS GORGEOUS PIECE IS READY TO WEAR OR GIVE AS A GIFT AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES!

EGYPTIAN HISTORY & INTERPRETATIONS OF THE  SCARAB

TRADITIONAL SCARABS WERE PRODUCED IN VAST NUMBERS FOR MANY CENTURIES AND MANY THOUSANDS HAVE SURVIVED. THEY WERE GENERALLY INTENDED TO BE WORN OR CARRIED BY THE LIVING.  THEY WERE TYPICALLY CARVED IN THE FORM OF A SCARAB BEETLE WITH DESIGNS OR HIEROGLYPHICS ON BACK TO FORM AN IMPRESSION SEAL. THE IMPRESSION SEAL WAS USED TO COMMEMORATE SPECIFIC EVENTS WITH THE DATE AND EVENT INSCRIBED.

THE SCARAB BEETLE ROLLS ITS FOOD INTO A BALL, SUGGESTING TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS THE ROLLING OF THE ALL - POWERFUL SUN ACROSS THE SKY. 

*THUS, THE SCARAB BECAME THE SYMBOL OF THE SUN GOD.

THE BEETLE, WHICH LIVES UNDERGROUND, WAS BELIEVED TO BE REBORN EVERY DAY AT NOON WHEN IT CAME TO THE SURFACE TO TAKE FLIGHT.

**THE SCARAB BECAME THE SYMBOL OF RESURRECTION AND ETERNAL LIFE.

***SHIPPING COST INCLUDES TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION****  **** SHIPPING FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE**AND RETURN SHIPPING IS TO BE PAID BY BUYER**