Two-thousand-year-old earrings--mystery solved!

[glitterata]

The spot with the glue.

 

[Catmom]

That''s incredible! You make the best finds.

 

[glitterata]

Thank you, Michelle.

 

[Stone Hunter]

WOW that''s a really interesting solution to the mystery. I''m so glad that you found an answer. And of course that you have such a neat part of history.

Congrats!!

 

[glitterata]

Aw, thank you, Stone Hunter!

 

[lulu]

I keep coming back to look at these. It''s amazing to think that a woman, who was obviously wealthy, wore those 2000 years ago and they are still intact and beautiful.

 

[AdiS]

OMG, how on earth did I miss this?!? That is absolutely amazing, such an incredible and unique piece of history! I so so glad for you (and just a tiiiny bit jealous! lol I''m a sucker for anything old and have always loved history.) Great find, glitterata!

 

[glitterata]

Thank you, Lulu and AdiS. I wish I had a magic wand that could make the earrings speak and tell their story. Who wore them first, and what did she think when she wore them? How did they make their way to the seller''s ancestress?

 

[kenny]

WOW!
This is the most cool thing ever.

Just imagine if they could speak and tell you about each owner.
What a treasure!
Congratulations!!!!!!!

 

[glitterata]

Thank you, Kenny!

I know, don''t you wish you had a magic wand that would make things talk and tell you their history?

I have a feeling these earrings were buried with the original owner and unearthed sometime in the 19th century, rather than passed down over the centuries. I don''t have any evidence for that hunch, but all the other similar earrings I''ve seen online, in museums and such, were found at archeological sites.