Here is a picture of the earrings;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1045955/Unearthed-2-500-years-gold-earrings-yesterday.html


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From: "Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:11 PM
Subject: [CONCH-L] Shells in the news.


> Texas Instruments often does it.
>
> Now in Science Illustrated   May/June 2009 - Dad just sent it to me -
>
> "Ancient Greeks Upstaged.
>
> Archaeology:  An 1800 year old pair of finely wrought gold earrings is
> among the growing collection of artifacts from the Thracian civilization,
> whose advancements historians now say may have rivaled the ancient
> Greeks.  The earrings, along with a seven-centries-older bronze ring
> and other personal effects, were uncovered last year by Georgi Kitov, a
> Bulgarian
> archaeologist who died in September (of that year mhe).  The finds were
> made
> during excavation of a burial mound near the town of Krushare,
> located 185 miles east of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital city." ...
>
> The earrings are scallops with the hinge downward and a ring to attach
> at the rounded end.  Another leaf structure made up the dangle part.
> The clamp was not shown, both showing the shell.
>
> Now it heads for the trash - lest I report it again!
>
> Martin
>
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