Nearby, still more jewelry and gold ornaments were piled. Much of that gold turned out to be priceless jewelry draped around the skeleton of a young princess named Yabahya, tentatively identified as the daughter of one of Assyria’s most renowned and feared kings, Sargon II. “There was more dust inside, but when I held up the light, it was reflected back into my eyes by the gold.” “I pried the top off with an iron bar,” says Muzahim. The “pavement” turned out to be the arched roof of a small rectangular tomb. When he and his workers cleared off the dirt, they uncovered a small ceramic pipe resembling an air vent. In April, Muzahim found what looked like a piece of pavement.

‘Last year, exploring an inner room of the palace, a team of laborers (headed by Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, leader of the Iraqi team at Nimrud) stumbled across a tomb that contained a small collection of necklaces, earrings and gilded pins. Polished beads from the tomb of Queen Puabi The Nimrud treasure

Hosea 2:13: ‘I will punish her for the festival days of the Baals, when she offered incense to them and decked herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.’.

Exodus 35:22: ‘So they came, both men and women all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and pendants, all sorts of gold objects, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord.’.

Exodus 32:24: ‘So I said to them, ‘whoever has gold, take it off’ so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!’.

Genesis 24:53: ‘And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah…’.

The Bible’s favorite villainess Jezebel is described like this immediately before her death (2 Kings 9:30-37).įor Bible references to ancient jewelry, see also The woman at the window with her head adorned (above), is a frequent motif in the ancient near-Eastern world. The image fits the description of Jezebel in 2 Kings 9:30-37. The woman on this ivory plaque wears an Egyptian-style wig and an elaborate ornament with pendants in her hair.

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