Accessories plural of ac·ces·so·ry (Noun) A factor that can be added to some thing else in order to make it a lot more valuable, versatile, or appealing.
Our adoration of accessories has been around for ever, it appears we've generally been fascinated by adorning ourselves with precious metals, stones and amulets no matter whether it be to express our wealth, strengthen our outfit or ward of some evil spirit, disease or wrong undertaking.
From Egyptian queens, Greek goddesses and roman socialites jewellery has been adorned to improve an outfit to display ones wealth and standing in society considering that the recording of history began and far beyond. Not satisfied to adorn themselves only when living Egyptians aristocracy had been recognized for loading the arms, the fingers, the neck, the ears, the brow, and the ankles of their dead with significantly more or less expensive ornaments.
The quantity of jewellery buried in tombs was so considerable that even that of a minor king such as the boy King Tut was worthy of a king's ransom. Much of the funerary jewellery was made merely for show on the day of the funeral, and betrays its purpose by the slightness of the workmanship. The favourite jewels of the deceased person had been, nonetheless, often buried with him, and the style and finish of these left nothing to be desired.
The earliest known pieces of jewellery created by modern humans are three shell beads dated among 90,000 and 100,000 years old. Two of the ancient beads come from Skhul Cave on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Israel. The other comes from the site of Oued Djebbana in Algeria. The finds, which pre-date other ancient examples by 25,000 years, are described in the US journal Science.
The pea-sized items all have similar holes which would have allowed them to be strung together into a necklace or bracelet, researchers think.
These early pieces of jewellery symbolise a huge shift in the development of modern day humans.
In an post for the BBC Professor Chris Stringer of London's Organic History Museum states
"The interesting factor about necklaces and this sort of behaviour is that it is symbolic. When we wear items like this, we are sending a message,The message may be that we are effective, or wealthy, or attractive, that we're part of a certain group, or to ward off evil. They are not just decorative we believe they had a social which means."
Properly points surely haven't changed much, following 100,000 years it seems that we are not far removed from our ancestors after all!!
