Discovered in an Egyptian Royal Tomb

Granulated jewelry from the tomb of Princess Khnumet from Dahshur.

Unique within the collection of exquisite jewelry recovered from the tomb, the above pieces have an Aegean influence. The starfish on my blog (home page on left) is a recreation of this 4000-year-old granulation in 22 karat gold. The process is still done by hand. It takes great skill and craftsmanship. In the prologue of Cataclysm in Blue Water, Mirkolous (half-Egyptian half-Minoan ) makes a third starfish while fashioning the above necklace. He attempts to smuggle it out of the royal workshop to honor his Minoan mother.