The first pieces of jewelry were made by ancient civilizations that inhabited the land; using fragments from trees, animals and stones to create ornamental pieces. In a recent anthropological discovery, it was found by rigorous studies that the first jewel was created about 130,000 years ago.
This means a lot to the story, since all these discoveries prove that we always felt the need to wear accessories in our body, awakening the imagination in us and in anyone else that see them.
That is why as time progressed, the men of ancient times perfecting the tools that were mostly made of precious stones; ignoring the true value of these pieces.
They travel thought different wild places, collected pieces of rock, crystal, jade, coral and shells; they polish this pieces with rudimentary materials. The novelty of the oldest culture in the world was collecting amber, which was always present in those periods. Necklaces made with claws of animals, elephant ivory and amber; were jewels worn at the time. They used colors found in the elements of nature to make decorations; it shows that creativity was always present in our ancestors.
That same capacity to invent and create, make them record and paint the walls of the caves and caverns where they lived with that art expressing the experiences of their lives; where the animals represented the phenomenon of the extraordinary. Drawings recorded with the most beautiful gemstones, which today are symbols of luxury and category.
After many centuries the cultures that emerged gradually perfected jewelry. In ancient Egypt, for example, jewelry had magical and religious powers; metals were matched with their gods. Copper was matched with the god Thor Ha, gold was linked to the Sun God; lapis lazuli and turquoise were inlaid in the metal as a symbol of pleasure and joy. They also had the custom of burying their pharaohs and priests with a lot of jewelry; they thought that with these pieces were guarding the spirit of the dead.
In Greece and Rome, the artisans used printing techniques and gold granulation; they could not find much stones or pearls. In the pre-Hispanic America, copper and bronze took an important meaning; still the main technique was melting in furnaces. In India, they wore strips and gold earrings; in China silver was sovereign; in Africa enamelled silver and amulets were the fashion of the moment. In the Middle Ages, rings and pendants with religious figures, were the trend in jewelry.
Since ancient times to the present day, jewelry have marked differences in every age. Designs that have shown the various techniques applied in the history of goldsmithing.
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