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A part of jewelry, a Necklace had been existed
since the ancient times worn by both men and
women. According to the Archeologist, the
necklaces took place 40,000 years ago before the
prehistoric. 5 years ago, the scientists in
South Africa exposed the cave by digging out
over 41 mollusks that were strung as possible
neck jewelry nearly 75,000 years ago.
The archeologist also believes the oldest
finding was of 30,000 B.C., which was made of
stone, stones, animal teeth and bones and claws
and shells strung onto thread which is quite
similar to the today's formation but in 2000
B.C. the Sumerian bead neck jewelry started to
use alternating patterns of colored stones and
gemstones and metals such as copper or silver.
Later in 2500 B.C. gold neck jewelry was made,
and then the chokers were discovered. |
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The most interesting fact is
three-dimensional necklaces generated at
the Greek time period of around 480 to
300 B.C. These necklaces were hung from
a row of flat rosette type beads. At the
time of the Greek Empire, Alexander the
Great was ruling and the gold was
infinite that gold were not only used
for making necklaces but many other
types of jewelry for many decades.
During the first century, the Roman
style of jewelry started using gemstones
cut in circular or rectangular shapes
then came in piercing at the end of the
second century. Around 500 B.C. the
Persian aristocracy ( a class of people
of high social rank ) wore pearl
necklaces. Pendants were popular in
Greece in 500-300 BC.
The Etruscans in Italy wore gold
necklaces. Earlier the Romans opposed to
the wearing of jewelry, then started
wearing necklaces with gemstones after
the 1st Century AD. Necklaces in Asia
were worn in the ancient times with
silver beads, precious and semi-precious
stones with different styles in various
regions. The Aztecs upper class society,
the pre-Columbian Mexico wore necklaces
of gold beads in the form of animals.
The Hawaiian islanders have worn flower
necklaces for centuries.
In today's era, wearing of necklaces is
very famous for all type of class and
tastes of people. |
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