Comments on: Ancient Golden Earring Discovered Hidden in a Jar in Israel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Leo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33050 Leo Wed, 30 May 2012 23:26:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33050 I was wondering why the scale was in inches at the bottom since just about the entire scientific world uses metric. Then I discovered the dig was financed by the American Friends of Tel Aviv University. So I suppose they insist on reporting results in imperial units. I was wondering why the scale was in inches at the bottom since just about the entire scientific world uses metric. Then I discovered the dig was financed by the American Friends of Tel Aviv University. So I suppose they insist on reporting results in imperial units.

]]> By: tOM Trottier http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33049 tOM Trottier Wed, 30 May 2012 14:58:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33049 I didn't even know they had jars then! Or was it pottery? I didn’t even know they had jars then! Or was it pottery?

]]> By: Ranger Jim Kirk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33048 Ranger Jim Kirk Thu, 24 May 2012 23:34:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33048 Thanks, M and Meryt. My daughter got her ears pierced back in her early teens (in the mid 80s) and (being a guy) I never knew that the ear piercings and earrings had changed. Thanks, M and Meryt.

My daughter got her ears pierced back in her early teens (in the mid 80s) and (being a guy) I never knew that the ear piercings and earrings had changed.

]]> By: The Reading Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33047 The Reading Scientist Thu, 24 May 2012 20:02:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33047 I am floored by the quality of the craftsmanship on such a small piece. It is very intricate and stunning. To the previous reviewers, Thank you, I was wondering the same thing. I am floored by the quality of the craftsmanship on such a small piece. It is very intricate and stunning. To the previous reviewers, Thank you, I was wondering the same thing.

]]> By: Meryt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33046 Meryt Thu, 24 May 2012 16:07:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33046 Around 1000bc, Egyptians, wealthy men and women, had pierced ears. Earrings could be studs or rings. The stud shanks were often quite large, sometimes more like a plug. For ring earrings, part of the ring opene up like a door, to be pushed through the ear. The dangly hook earring occurs with the Greeks and the Romans. There are some on this page. http://www.touregypt.net/museum/tutc.htm Around 1000bc, Egyptians, wealthy men and women, had pierced ears. Earrings could be studs or rings. The stud shanks were often quite large, sometimes more like a plug. For ring earrings, part of the ring opene up like a door, to be pushed through the ear. The dangly hook earring occurs with the Greeks and the Romans.

There are some on this page.
http://www.touregypt.net/museum/tutc.htm

]]> By: deacibi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33045 deacibi Thu, 24 May 2012 13:30:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33045 Yes, I had the exact same question. How was the earring designed to attach to the ear in those days? Yes, I had the exact same question. How was the earring designed to attach to the ear in those days?

]]> By: m http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33044 m Thu, 24 May 2012 11:17:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33044 I have a question - Did it have a clasp/pin design like modern earnings are designed? Or was it a very long hook? I'm just curious because it would impact on how their ears were pierced. I'm just learning now - thanks to having 2 daughters - that ear piercing today is specifically designed for earings that work like a "pin" and not a "hook". Hook-like earings today are only modified pins and not a true hook design (for the most part). This according to the young lady piercing my kids' ears. I have a question -

Did it have a clasp/pin design like modern earnings are designed? Or was it a very long hook? I’m just curious because it would impact on how their ears were pierced.

I’m just learning now – thanks to having 2 daughters – that ear piercing today is specifically designed for earings that work like a “pin” and not a “hook”. Hook-like earings today are only modified pins and not a true hook design (for the most part).

This according to the young lady piercing my kids’ ears.

]]> By: JulmeisterUSA http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/23/ancient-golden-earring-discovered-hidden-in-a-jar-in-israel/#comment-33043 JulmeisterUSA Thu, 24 May 2012 06:19:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37321#comment-33043 The gold could have been carried out of Egypt by the Israelites when Pharoe set them free from slavery, (if the timeline matches up.) The gold could have been carried out of Egypt by the Israelites when Pharoe set them free from slavery, (if the timeline matches up.)

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