About Bracelets and Christian Jewelry
For thousands of years, women and men have worn bracelets to express many things, including their wealth as well as their religious devotion. The woman wearing a salvation bracelet today has something in common with the ancient woman wearing charm bracelets to honor Pharaoh. Both used bodily adornment to make a personal statement about something of worth to them. The history of the bracelet begins long ago, in about 2500 B.C.
Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia are our earliest evidence of wearing bracelets. The women of Sumer wore bracelets, as well as other pieces of jewelry, to express their social status. Other religious themes include the footprints bracelet. In the tombs of Ur, archaeologists unearthed bracelets buried with their owners, since the custom was to bury jewelry with the wearers.
Within 500 years, bracelets had become widespread in Ancient Egypt. Excavations of Pompeii after the Vesuvias eruption in 79 A.D. yielded bracelets, showing that the style had gone beyond upper class Sumeria. Egyptian Pharaohs popularized charm bracelets; though they had been used as far back as the Neolithic era when men collected odds and ends made of wood or stone and carried them to ward off enemies. Of course Christian bracelets are another popular style. The term “lucky charms” comes from the idea that charms had power to protect the wearer. The Pharaohs used charms to indicate their status to the Gods in the afterlife.
In ancient Greece men wore bracelets. Soldiers wore leather bands on their arms, often decorated with silver, gold, and gemstones. They called them “bracels,” which Latin base meant “arm.” Women admired the look modified it into a smaller version, and called it the “bracel-et.”
The look never went out of style, with people wearing bracelets through the ages; from the Middle Ages on to the Renaissance, and up to the modern age.
Bracelets are made from a variety of materials, including beads, iron, copper, leather, gemstones, and metals. Bone and teeth were used in the earliest of times, as well. Styles varied, naturally, and generally in harmony with the dress styles. In times of ancient Rome and Greece, short sleeves left a lot of real estate on the arm for bands placed both low and high. Upper arm bracelets have an exotic look that is still striking even today.
The materials used for bracelets are diverse, and they include gold, silver, gemstones, and beads. Today’s advanced plastics make for fantastic costume jewelry that is both low in price and stylish. Regardless of the size of your budget, there is surely a beautiful choice for you.
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