| If you go back in time to Namibia some 27,000 years | | | | from the Sudan area or the Akuaba doll earrings |
| ago you will come to the birth of the human desire | | | | worn as a symbol of fertility. |
| to appear attractive. In those days bird feathers and | | | | The ancient Egyptians were staunch believers of |
| animal bones, seeds and dried sticks were used as | | | | symbolism. This trait is reflected in virtually all ancient |
| pendants and earrings. Since most of these articles of | | | | Egyptian jewelry. Gold was considered divine and |
| jewelry were degradable not much can be seen | | | | symbolic of the sun god. Lapis lazuli was considered a |
| today other than in cave drawings perhaps. But the | | | | sacred stone of celestial origin and symbolic of truth. |
| prehistoric desire has not ebbed. From the time a girl | | | | The scarab beetle was widely used and symbolized |
| achieves puberty or even earlier, her ears and nose | | | | rebirth. The carnelian was a stone that symbolized |
| are pierced. The wearing of earrings from an early | | | | courage and great physical power. The blue lotus was |
| age is still practiced in villages around the world. | | | | symbolic of the god Nefertum of Memphis. He was |
| Antique earrings are therefore the commonest | | | | the gold of perfume and the lotus that opened at |
| articles of personal jewelry found along with antique | | | | dawn and closed at dusk was symbolic of divinity and |
| pendants. Egyptian jewelry among others has some | | | | eternal life. |
| beautiful samples of antique earrings in online shops. | | | | When you go online you are amazed at the degree |
| Egyptian jewelry dates back to around 4500 BC | | | | of care that has been taken to faithfully reproduce |
| during the time of El-Badari. Then came the golden | | | | antique Egyptian jewelry especially earrings. You can |
| age of Cleopatra, Nefertiti and the Pharaohs and the | | | | buy a most attractive set of lotus petal and onyx |
| Greco Roman period when Egyptian jewelry | | | | earrings in sterling silver gilded with 22 ct gold or a |
| flourished. The oldest among the antique jewelry | | | | set of Ankh earrings worn as an amulet said to |
| from Egypt are probably the Fuluni Hoop earrings | | | | possess unusual powers. |