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2. Ilias Lalaounis - Wikipedia

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   Ilias Lalaounis (4 October 1920 − 30 December 2013) was a pioneer of Greek jewelry and an internationally renowned goldsmith. [1] He is especially known for his collections inspired by Greek history. [2] In 1990 he became the only jeweler ever to be inducted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts. [3] [4]

3. Etruscan jewelry - Wikipedia

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   The finest jewelry was still mainly centered and focused in the southern city-states such as; Cerveteri, Tarquinia and Vetulonia. Etruscan Bulla with the Greek mythical figures Daedalus and Icarus. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Gorgons, pomegranates, acorns, lotus flowers and palms were a clear indicator of Greek influence in Etruscan jewelry.

4. Amazons - Wikipedia

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   A Greek fleet, sailing home upon defeating the Amazons in battle at the Thermodon river, included three ships crowded with Amazon prisoners. Once out at sea, the Amazon prisoners overwhelmed and killed the small crews of the prisoner ships and, despite not having even basic navigation skills, managed to escape and safely disembark at the ...

5. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Carolingian jewelry is similar to Byzantine in that the modern world has lost almost all of it, except that which was created for religious purposes. [22] The Carolingians were similar to the barbarians in their love of color, but the techniques they used – especially enameling – are much more reminiscent of the Byzantines. [ 22 ]

6. Bezant - Wikipedia

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   A completely different electrum coin based on Byzantine trachea was minted in the Kingdom of Cyprus and called the "white bezant". [1] The term bezant in reference to coins is common in sources from the 10th through 13th centuries. Thereafter, it was mainly employed as a money of account and in literary and heraldic contexts. [2]

7. Byzantine Greeks - Wikipedia

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   The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. [1] They were the main inhabitants of the lands of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), of Constantinople and Asia Minor (modern Turkey), the Greek islands, Cyprus, and portions of the southern Balkans, and formed large minorities, or pluralities, in the coastal urban centres of ...