"Man fears time, yet time fears the pyramids." From the first travelogues of historians like Herodotus and Josephus, descriptions of beauty and awe have painted a wondrous picture of ancient Egyptian life. The towering monuments of the Giza pyramids, the solid gold funeral mask of King Tut and the intricate stories played out in hieroglyphs have filled our imaginations through the years.

When we visited Cairo, rode a boat down the Nile and walked along the sphinx-lined paths of the Karnak temple we fell in love with the majesty all over again. However, after stern warnings from the Directors of Antiquity about leaving the country with pieces of Egypt's past, we knew our treasure chest would be fairly light on the trip home.

Now, Egypt's fabled wonders of the ancient world have been immortalized with time's greatest creation... the diamond. Inspired by the treasures of Egypt's Pharaohs and Queens, our Egyptian jewelry collection captures the forgotten artistry of hand wrought masterpieces. Each piece in the collection features an octahedral-cut diamond that brings to life the ancient Egyptian belief that the pyramid symbolized the rays of the sun shining from the heavens. The natural facets of the 1/2-carat diamonds sparkle and blaze as the gold covered tips of the pyramids must have looked in the morning sun to ancient Pharaohs.

The settings for the Egyptian Princess Collection are a hammered finish in gold vermeil. Each diamond is placed in a secure box setting evoking the angular art style of ancient Egypt. The hammered finish completes the old-world artistry creating a set of golden treasures worthy of Egypt's most celebrated queens. The necklace pendant is displayed on an 18-inch, gold vermeil cable chain with a spring ring clasp. Each stud earring is accentuated by a 1/2-carat diamond. The Egyptian Princess Ring is fully crafted with a broad band featuring the same hammered finish. From the unparalleled beauty of Queen Nefertiti to the unflinching political power of Cleopatra, the great women of Egypt's history are surely furious we can't ship these riches to the afterlife.