Lapis with Ethiopian Cross

Lapis Lazuli: Prized by the earliest inhabitants of India, Persia, Mesopotania and Egypt, Lapis Lazuli consists of grains of several blue minerals. The flecks visible on it are gold deposits from mines. Lapis was called “the heavenly stone” by early Egyptians because it resembled the color if the sky.

Ethiopian Crosses: “Meskel” were cast in ‘Lost Wax’ or carved out of old coins. Crosses are named after the different towns in which they are carved.