Ambres gravés. La collection du département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines du musée du Louvre. Egypte Part III: The Minerals of

Part III: The Minerals of Economic Value

At the end of the 19th century

Collection «Documents préhistoriques« n°26

and specific value of the creations

Ambres gravés. La collection du département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines du musée du Louvre. Egypte Part III: The Minerals ofAmber, 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