Friday, 12 July 2013

Early gold jewellery 2600 BC

Goldsmiths of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) craft one of the earliest pieces of gold jewellery, a burial headdress of lapis and carnelian beads with willow leaf-shaped gold pendants.
Image © Trustees of The British Museum
Mesopotamian Headdress
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