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  2. Casket (decorative box) - Wikipedia

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    A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2] Many ancient caskets are reliquaries, for both Buddhist and Christian ...

  3. Wreaths and crowns in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The laurel wreaths of a triumphator were often worn by imperial portraits, as were radiate crowns. [21] According to Pliny the Elder, the Arval Brethren, an ancient Roman priesthood, were accustomed to wear a wreath of grain sheaves. [22] Crowns and wreaths were associated by early Christians with Roman paganism and Hellenistic religion. [21]

  4. Larnax - Wikipedia

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    Late Minoan III larnax from Kavrochori, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion The golden larnax and the golden crown of Philip II of Macedon, Vergina Museum.. A larnax (plural: larnakes; Ancient Greek: λάρναξ, romanized: lárnax, plural: λάρνακες, lárnakes) is a type of small closed coffin, box or "ash-chest" often used in the Minoan civilization and in Ancient Greece as a ...

  5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Other forms of jewellery include wreaths, earrings, necklace and bracelets. A good example of the high quality that gold working techniques could achieve in Greece is the 'Gold Olive Wreath' (4th century BC), which is modeled on the type of wreath given as a prize for winners in athletic competitions like the Olympic Games.

  6. Wreath - Wikipedia

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    Wreath with ivy leaves and berries, a satyr's head at either end. Gold sheet, Etruscan artwork, 400–350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. Wreaths were a design used in ancient times in southern Europe. The most well-known are pieces of Etruscan civilization jewelry, made of gold or other precious metals. Symbols from Greek myths often appear in ...

  7. Roman jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Roman jewelry was characterized by an interest in colored gemstones and glass, in contrast with their Greek predecessors who focused primarily on the production of high-quality metalwork by practiced artisans. [1] Extensive control of Mediterranean territories provided an abundance of natural resources to utilize in jewelry making.

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