Ambres gravés. La collection du département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines du musée du Louvre. Egypte - I like this state

- I like this state

and specific value of the creations

At the end of the 19th century

III: African islands of the Atlantic Ocean

Collection «Documents préhistoriques« n°26

Ambres gravés. La collection du département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines du musée du Louvre. Egypte - I like this stateAmber, highly valued in Antiquity for its decorative qualities and its therapeutic or apotropaic virtues, was often used to make jewelry, amulets, and other prestigious objects. This fossil resin is now the subject of renewed interest. Dating from the orientalizing Etruscan period (c. 1000 BC) to the high Roman imperial period (11th century AD), the rich collection of figurines, jewelry, and engraved instruments in the Louvre Museum provides new data