by Silvia Szarkova

It was extra- ordinary well preserved and looks very impressive; in addition it helps to draw a picture of life of higher society in past, said experts of excavated earring in Jerusalem. According to the report released on Monday, it looks very good to it´s age, because this earring is dated to be 2,000-year-old. It is made whole from gold- large pearl is laid to the gold having two drop pieces, both with an emerald and pearl surrounded by gold.

It´s discovery came up with large real Eureka: "Suddenly one of the excavators came up shouting 'Eureka!'" said Doron Ben-Ami, who directed the dig in Jerusalem. The master piece was found under the parking lot, just few steps away of Jerusalem´s Old City, uncovered in Byzantine structure, which was built many years after the creating of the earring and according to Ben-Ami, it dates to the Roman period, just to the time of Jesus.

It is more likely to be passed down throught generations, Ben- Ami even says it was not created for ordinary people: "It must have belonged to someone of the elite in Jerusalem. Such a precious item, it couldn't be one of just ordinary people."

Archaeologist Simon Gibson, who was not involved in any of these excavation, says it is amazing firstly for its precious nature, just secondly because of its Roman origin. In archaeological context of the history of Jerusalem, jewelry is hardly preserved, he adds to its theory, in which the nature and characteristic should take precedens of its origin.

The Israel Antiquities Authority says the technique used in this earring is similar to that one used in portraits from Roman- era Egypt.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_jewelry;_ylt=AjVoRZt5_u9Y7nuQcXV2iQms0NUE

by Silvia Szarkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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