Jewelry to showcase their wealth, social status, political affiliation, and personal adornment. For centuries upon centuries, our ancestors created different types of jewelry with materials made from organic materials like shells, minerals, feathers, bones, leather, and gemstones. As years passed by, their creativity grew tremendously. Advancements in technology and tools, made it possible to gather more valuable sources for jewelry, which paved way to new jewelry designs.

Some of the very first pieces of jewelry made where by our African ancestors. They started differentiating themselves by creating their own told and wearing clothes. Scientists have found prehistoric decorative pieces like sea shells that are over 110,000 year old. This is a clear proof that since the beginning of time, humans have used jewelry for thousands of years.

Since then, ancient civilizations have created their own decorative items. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia have been some of the biggest contributors in the jewelry world. Their advancement in technology made it possible to start reshaping the jewelry we know of today. They were able to shape bronze and copper over 7,000 years ago into different shapes enabling the creation of the jewelry we wear today like earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.

After the arrival of gold in Egypt, they made advancements in providing highly detailed jewelry and more varied designs. More and more innovations were introduced by Egyptians that it didn’t take long before it spread across the world. Now fashion jewelry is widely popular around the entire world. People use it for similarly the same reasons as our ancestors, to demonstrate social status, wealth, and most importantly, beauty.

It has come a very long way since its invention. Now days there are countless of jewelry pieces thanks to our ancestors. There is some gorgeous looking Designer Jewelry that is very well handmade. There are brands dedicated into providing only the finest pieces of jewelry. Some cultures have it as a tradition to give jewelry in special occasion while others just love gifting one to a loved one.