Etruscan Gold Ear-stud (500 BC) : The ear decoration consists of a thin, disc-shaped lamina of gold foil decorated with ornamental bands. At the centre of the disc there is a flower surrounded by wreaths of leaves and a circle of rosettes. Miniature gold beads decorate the flower at the centre and also the outer circle of v-shaped leaves. The ear decoration was made using a filigree and granulation technique. This technique employs thin gold threads and gold beads, which, as they were heated, melted and became fixed to the surface in decorative patterns. The ear decoration was one of a pair that has been worn by a woman of high status. Among the places from which gold jewelry like this is known are the so-called princely tombs excavated in ancient Etruria. 📷 : Pernille Klemp Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark #archaeohistories

Ksour Essef Cuirass (250 BC) - Found from a Punic grave in Ksour Essef, Tunisia. Carthaginian gilded bronze cuirass and backrest found near the ancient Phoenician port-town of Salaktalatin in modern Tunisia. It features the helmeted face of Anat, the Canaanite goddess of war, equivalent to Athena or Minerva. Musee National du Bardo #archaeohistories

Miniature size goddess figurine dated 6000-5000 BC. It’s 2.7cm high, made of stone and was pierced in the middle. From the region of Anatolia. The Gilbert collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, acquired in New York, 7 December 2000. #archaeohistories

Greek golden armbands (200 BC) weigh 200g each and needed to be attached to a garment not to slip down the arm. They represent two tritons, male and female, each holding a small winged Eros. MET Museum #archaeohistories