Penny Preville: Beautiful Links to the Past
The desire for women to decorate themselves with rich things dates back to the dim reaches of our past. It was not the ancient Babylonians who thought it up, nor the Romans or Greeks. They are “newbies” compared to the earliest jewelers! Archaeology has discovered mollusk shells in South Africa with drilled holes for stringing. The date? 100,000 years B.C.! Almost from the time people started thinking clothes might be a nice choice, women revealed the instinct to accessorize!