http://jewelry.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-04-29T10:20:54Z Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://jewelry.about.com/b/2013/04/30/ancient-jewelry-finds.htm <p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/jewelry/1/0/s/T/83627600b.jpg" border="0" alt="ancient earring found in Israel" hspace="5" width="105" height="170" align="right" />Archaeologists discovered this 2,000 year old gold, pearl and emerald earring in the ruins of a building in Jerusalem. So much of today's jewelry resembles ancient styles, especially jewelry from designers who are inspired by historical pieces, like Amrita Singh (the first-century collar necklace in the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://jewelry.about.com/od/antiquejewelry/ig/Ancient-Jewelry-Gallery/ ">ancient jewelry gallery</a> looks a lot like her <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://jewelry.about.com/od/antiquejewelry/ig/Ancient-Jewelry-Gallery/First-Century-Collar-Necklace.htm">gold and ruby necklace</a> from 2006). 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