The Associated Press: 2,000-year-old gold earring found beneath Jerusalem parking lot
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Title: Globalization Name: David City: Potomac State: MD
The earring is probably an Egyptian design outsourced to Roman Spain and was brought to Jerusalem by a Phoenician trader for a Babylonian merchant who gave it to his Nubian concubine. All the earring proves is women from all ages and all societies love jewelry, and men have always loved giving their women jewelry.