Antique Horus Plique-a-Jour Egyptian Revival Bird Pendant Emerald Died Jan 9

Died Jan 9

1 mm at the back

I just love when the stones are this beautifully cut and set

This antique Arts and Crafts amethyst and natural pearl necklace was handcrafted in England around 1910

4 mm and weighs 13

Antique Horus Plique-a-Jour Egyptian Revival Bird Pendant Emerald Died Jan 9Howard Carter had a hunch, and on the 26th of November 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, his hunch paid off. Big. Though conventional wisdom of the day said that all of the Royal tombs in Egypt's great Valley had been looted and emptied over the ages, Carter knew of one King whose tomb had never been found. The young boy King Tutankhamen; and he thought he knew where it was. For eight years, with the support of his benefactor, Lord Carnarvon,