All roads lead to Rome, right?
It is believed by some citizens of the earth that after Noah's Ark and the Great Flood, human history started over from scratch with 8 people and multiplied and the first world government and civilization started in Babylon, where all the inhabitants of the earth lived together, speaking the same language, under the rulership of King Nimrod the mighty hunter, who became people's idol.
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| Babylon Artifacts |
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| Peru,Equador |
When they were scattered around the world, they took their common history, art and culture with them to the new lands they conquered. Babylonian civilization and art history first duplicated itself in Egypt,
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| Egypt |
then became a part of Greeks Mythology and art, which was transformed to Roman and Byzantine Empires
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| Greece |
Of course during this transformation, jewelry which is a very unique art form since it is wearable, therefore portable, also travelled this particular route, and all the legendary stories of these "godlike" kings and queens was melted in one pot and casted as wings and crowns and golden artifacts.
Since the Roman Empire conquered all the lands where these ancient civilizations came into existence and further, the influence of Roman empire throughout the world is in power to this day.
If you like ancient antique style jewelry, you would love to stop by at OKG Jewelry's Little Neck, New York showroom and see the Roman inspired Jewelry we have in store.
Here are some examples of jewelry from ancient Roman times along with some of our antique style jewelry with a modern twist.
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| Yellow Gold Garnet Ring from Roman Empire, 4th century AD |
Rough diamond ring, crafted in antiqued rose and white gold.
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| Carved stone yellow gold ring, 2nd Century Roman Empire Dark blue topaz and diamond ring with a thin layer of mother of pearl underneath the center stone. |
The carving and the matted finish on this ring is stunning.
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| 1st Century B.C.-3rd century A.D Roman Gold and Gemstone Rings Here are some stackable rings with raised centers. These 2 rings have rough diamond solitaires in bezel setting with hammered finish. |
These 3 identical stackables are created with a modern technique which is called pave (Basically diamonds are paved into the stone).
They also interlock together if you wish.
We love this simple emerald and gold ring.
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| 2nd Century Roman Gold Ring |
So much that we have a very similar pair of earrings in emeralds and sapphires.
Doesn't the sapphire version look like one of these pieces which was discovered in an ancient Roman jewelry tomb in Japan (Don't even ask how that happened!)?
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| Ancient Roman Jewelry found in Japanese tomb |
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| From British Museum Roman Jewelry Collection We love our unique rings!   |
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| Ancient Roman Jewelry |
These earrings are crafted in sterling silver with white and champagne diamonds.
This ring also looks like a royal piece of jewelry!
This is Byzantine style with an art deco twist.
Come check our roman collection in gold and even silver. We promise you will not regret it!
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