How Ancient Egyptians Made Faience Amulets | Ancient Craft & Technology ✨

How was an ancient Egyptian faience amulet made? In this video, we uncover the materials, techniques, and ancient technology used by Egyptian craftspeople to create the faience amulets thousands of years ago.

Egyptian faience (known to the Ancient Egyptians as 'tjehenet') is a unique ceramic known for its brilliant blue-green colour and symbolic connection to rebirth, protection, and the divine. Join Archeologist and Artist Zahed Taj-Eddin as we learn how these important amulets were produced, and why they were so important in ancient Egyptian religion and daily life.

🔍 Find out:
• What Egyptian faience is
• The step-by-step process of making faience amulets
• Tools, materials, and firing methods used
• The meaning of faience amulets

Curious about ancient Egypt, archaeology, museum artefacts, ancient craftsmanship, and early manufacturing technology? Watch to find out more.

⏱️ Steps:
00:00 – Meet Artist & Archeologist Zahed Taj-Eddin
00:29 – What Is Egyptian Faience? Why was it important?
00:40 – Materials: Silica, Flux, Lime, Pigments
01:05 – Shaping the Amulet: Terracotta Mould
03:26 – Smoothing
03:39 – Ancient Fingerprints
04:02 – Firing the Mould
04:22 – Making the Faience
06:34 – Pressing into the Mould
07:17 – Making a Hole
07:41 – Refining Details
08:17 – Painting the Eye Using Manganese Dioxide
08:45 – Firing & Reactions in the Kiln
10:29 – Reveal: Finished Amulet