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To: fidelis; SunkenCiv

I notice several are wearing earrings. Was this common back then?.................


10 posted on 06/20/2025 7:54:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

If so, probably as a high-status item for special occasions. Probably even then much more common among high-status women, analogous to certain names which have mostly been dropped for infant sons — Kim, Laurie, Pearl...

https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/trenches-anglo-saxon-jewelry-box/


11 posted on 06/20/2025 8:35:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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