Tag Archive for 'Jewelry'

Rings from the Thetford hoard on display at the British Museum. Image credit: Geni / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thetford Treasure: Archaeologists Revisit 1,500-Year-Old Hoard of Gold Jewelry and Silver Spoons

Apr 23, 2025 by News Staff

Jewelry in a treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was pagan until the 5th century CE — significantly later...

Two silver bracelets of queen Hetepheres. Image credit: Sowada et al., doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103978.

Queen Hetepheres’ Silver Bracelets Shed Light on Trade Networks in Ancient Egypt

May 30, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Egypt has no domestic silver ore sources and silver is rarely found in the Egyptian archaeological record until the Middle Bronze Age. Bracelets found...

Dorsal views of the 41,500-year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave, Poland. Image credit: Antonino Vazzana / BRAVHO Lab, Bologna University.

41,500-Year-Old Mammoth Ivory Pendant Found in Poland

Nov 26, 2021 by News Staff

The 41,500-year-old oval-shaped pendant from Stajnia Cave in Poland is the oldest decorated jewelry found in Eurasia. Dorsal views of the 41,500-year-old...

The ruins of a 12th-century mosque in Harlaa, eastern Ethiopia. Image credit: Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter.

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient, Forgotten City in Eastern Ethiopia

Jun 19, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by University of Exeter archaeologists has discovered the ruins of an ancient city — once thought to be...

The Anglo-Saxon claw beaker. Image credit: Oxford Archaeology.

Archaeologists Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Settlement, Precious Jewelry in England

Jan 13, 2017 by News Staff

Archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology working at Cherry Hinton in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, have uncovered a wealth of Roman and Anglo-Saxon...