April 16, 2024
ANCIENT STONE BEAD- INDUS VALLEY BANDED AGATE SOPHISTICATED BEAD FABRICATION
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OVER 16 MM LONG INDUS VALLEY SUPERBLY FABRICATED HIGH CONTRAST BLACK AGATE BEAD THAT IS CLOSE TO 2500 YEARS OLD AND OLDER. ONE MAY ASK WHY DOES THIS BEAD LOOK MORE FINELY MANICURED THAN MANY BEADS LESS THAN 2000 YEARS OLD? THE ANSWER- THE SUPERIOR BEAD MAKING TECHNIQUE WAS LOST TO HISTORY DUE TO CLIMATIC CHANGE AND CULTURAL DISSEMINATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANKIND IN OTHER WAYS BESIDES BEAD MAKING. CONSIDER THE TERM '' THE DARK AGES ''. YES IT WAS DARK BECAUSE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANKIND'S DEVELOPMENT RETRACTED AND ACTUALLY WENT BACKWARDS. THE SAME WITH THESE BEADS. THE INDUS VALLEY CULTURE WAS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AND OTHER CULTURES WE WERE FORCED TO LEARN ABOUT [ GREEK, ROMAN, PERSIAN, ETC ]. WHEN THE SHIFTS IN CLIMATE OCCURED ALONG WITH THE CULTURAL STRIFE, THE METHODS TO MAKE THESE BEADS WAS LOST. NOTICE THE LUMINOSITY AND THE SUPER LARGE BEAD HOLE WHICH ALLOWED LIGHT TO ENTER INTO THE BEAD LIKE A TIFFANY WINDOW. THE WALLS OF THESE BEADS ARE THINNER THAN LATER PERIOD BEADS BECAUSE THE ANCIENTS LIKE THE WAY LIGHT ILLUMINATES THE BEAD BODY. IT COULD HAVE TAKEN MONTHS TO MAKE ONE BEAD !!!
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