Egypt is a wonderland of shopping opportunities. There are the famous bazaars such as the Khan el-Khalili, but then there are also thousands of unusual stores scattered about the country, and especially in Cairo, though some products are better purchased perhaps from the locale from which they are produced, such as alabaster in Luxor

However, Cairo provides a huge variety of everything from antiques to fine clothing and especially jewelery.

Egyptians are famous for their jewelry, and probably have been throughout history Jewelry was often made of gold, but somewhat later, silver was used.

Examples are abundant on statues and paintings or reliefs of queens, but also any number of noble and even common women.