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The United Arab Emirates is famous for its gold jewellery Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Canva

Jewellery and the United Arab Emirates

26 January, 2021 0 Read more

Magic All Around

17 December, 2020 0 Read more

Jewellery and Dress

12 November, 2020 0 Read more

Sun, moon and stars: the skies in jewellery

8 October, 2020 0 Read more
Cultural Dress
Udjat Eye also known as The Eye of Horace

Magic and Jewellery from Egypt

25 September, 2020 1 Read more
Jewellery

Fish, birds and snakes: animals in jewellery

10 September, 2020 1 Read more

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Desert Silver: Book review

13 August, 2020 2 Read more

Hair ornaments

28 July, 2020 0 Read more
Detail of an Etruscan fibula. Many of the techniques used here are still visible in traditional jewellery. Photo credit: National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden]

History on your fingers

11 June, 2020 0 Read more

Silver and Frankincense

14 May, 2020 3 Read more
A Maria Theresia Thaler on a Palestinian iznaq or chin-chain

Wear your fortune

2 April, 2020 0 Read more
Head ornament from Marib, Yemen, showing red glass beads in the decoration

A powerful colour

6 March, 2020 3 Read more

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