Egyptian Heart Scarab Chandelier Earrings

$115.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Art jewelry inspired by The Met collection. These head-turning earrings reimagine a remarkable gold-and-serpentinite heart scarab (ca. 1492–1473 BCE) belonging to an Egyptian nebet per , or housemistress, by the name of Hatnefer. Heart scarabs were popular amulets in ancient Egypt; a righteous heart was essential for transcendence to the afterlife, so the Egyptians used amulets such as this one in The Met collection to ensure favorable judgment. This extraordinary heart scarab dating to the New Kingdom bears…