\paperw3900 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The very few tombs that have been discovered intact have contained extremely refined jewelry.\par
Ever since the time of the first ar
cheological discoveries, they have had a great influence on Western taste.\par
Gold, ivory, turquoise, amethyst, coral and cornelian were used for chains, bracelets, necklaces, diadems and other ornaments.\par
The finest jewelry dates from the Middle K
ingdom.\par
The necklaces, rings, pectorals and pendants found in tombs from this period were immediately imitated all over the East.\par
During the New Kingdom, jewelry became less refined but richer and gaudier.\par
Treasures of unimaginable wealth
have been found, such as that of Tutankhamen.\par
The tombs of the New Kingdom are the ones that have been most thoroughly ransacked, precisely because of this jewelry, which had become celebrated and sought after throughout medieval Egypt.