Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 6 | Jewels of Vast Antiquity

JEWELS OF VAST ANTIQUITY discoveries made at the capital of ancient persia remarkable discoveries have been made in the ruins of the temples at susa the ancient capital of persia where marfels of jewelry have been brought to light the earliest examples ever known ol 01 that country the jewels of gold and silver are the first of those countries and those ages which have come down bof the present day in this they present a great interest unfortunately it Is not possible to assign a precise date to each of them As the cylinders and seals which form a part of the finds belong to all periods from the fortieth or fiftieth century down to date of foundation so it Is with the jewels there are some of every age the rings ol 01 filigree ork and the scepter with the lion s head seem to be more recent than the statuettes of gold and silver which have a frankly archaic appearance but one can not be sure of this appreciation have the discoverers not been ed by finding rings which it their origin had not been certain would be attributed by the most acute connola deurs to the greek or etruscan before the discoveries at bashur nothing was known of the egyptian jewelry the opening of the tombs of the princes of the twelfth dynasty was a revelation it Is the same now as regards elain