Intaglio of carnelian showing Ceres with basket of fruit, ear of corn and ant, from the site of the Roman wall at Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, 140 - 165 AD

Octagonal sided bead of carnelian, from Birsay, Orkney

Necklace consisting of a string of sixty-two carnelian and twelve amethyst ball and lentoid beads with amulets: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Deir Rifa, Tomb 219, Middle Kingdom, c.2125 -1660 BC

Necklace consisting of a string of ten ribbed lentoid and twenty plain drop beads in carnelian, from Tomb 72, Cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, c.1880-1750 BC

Body chain consisting of a string of two hundred and seventy-six graduated ball beads in amazonite, lapis lazuli, carnelian and amethyst, excavated in Tomb 72, Cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, c.1880-1750 BC

Necklace consisting of turquoise, lapis lazuli, and carnelian ribbed lentoid beads, excavated in Tomb 72, Cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, c.1880-1750 BC

Necklace consisting of a string of beads in turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian and blue-green frit, excavated in Tomb 72, Cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, c.1880-1750 BC

Necklace/ body chain of a string small barrel beads mostly in alternating groups of carnelian, amazonite and lapis lazuli, excavated in Tomb 72, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, c.1880-1750 BC

Pendant of carnelian, in the form of standing dwarf: Ancient Egyptian, probably Old Kingdom, c. 2686 - 2181 BC

Amulet in carnelian, ib (heart) in squat vase shape with large ribbed lug at tip and two side-lugs at opposite poles: Ancient Egyptian, possibly New Kingdom, c. 1550 - 1069 BC

Carnelian wristlet consisting of a string of fifteen amulets in the form of hands, interspersed with forty-six ring beads: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Qau el-Kebir, Tomb 1658, First Intermediate Period, 8th Dynasty, c.2181-2004 BC

Wristlet consisting of a string of nine graduated pendants in the form of hands, one in green faience and the others in carnelian: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Qau el-Kebir, First Intermediate Period, 8th Dynasty, c.2175-2125 BC

Anklet consisting of a string of three ball beads, thirteen disk beads and one barrel bead in carnelian and faience, with four carnelian pendants in the form of human legs: Ancient Egyptian, Qau el-Kebir, Tomb 1658, First Intermediate Period, 8th Dynasty, c.2181-2004 BC

String of discoidal beads, nine carnelian and one blue glaze: Ancient Egyptian, from Abydos, Upper Egypt, Predynastic Period, c. 4400 - 3100 BC

String of discoidal beads of blue glazed faience, carnelian and lapis lazuli: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Badari, Predynastic Period, c. 4400 - 3100 BC

Necklace of graduated ball beads mostly in carnelian, with a few amethyst, from Tomb 72, Cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC