Amazighs were the first to make jewelry in history
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The Greeks did not make a mistake when they described the land of Morocco as the sacred land of the gods. After the discovery of the oldest use of clothing in Morocco and before it the oldest sane human Homo sapiens in the land, the surprises do not refuse to stop.... The oldest jewelry was discovered in this holy land.
An international team of researchers specializing in archeology from the National Institute of Archeology and Heritage in Rabat of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (Culture Sector, the University of Arizona, USA and the Prehistoric Laboratory in the Mediterranean Europe-Africa of the National Center for Scientific Research in France found evidence Archaeological (32 sea shells) confirm that humans adorned themselves for the first time in Morocco within the limits of what has been discovered so far. These monuments were found on an archaeological level dated between 142,000 to 150,000 years ago in the Bismoun Cave in Essaouira.. in the western center of Morocco.
The use of these discovered tools were used as symbols to express identity and self.
These artifacts, "made of a type of seashell called Tritia gibbosula, formerly known as Nassarius gibbosulus, are among the oldest pieces of jewelry that have been discovered in the world so far," according to a statement by the study team.
Amazighs were the first to make jewelry in history
These discovered sea shells were, according to the statement, “probably used by humans as a necklace, and this may indicate a very ancient symbolic behavior.”
According to the supervisors of this excavation work, "Such types of seashells were previously discovered in archaeological sites in the Middle East in archaeological layers dating back about 135,000 years and in South Africa about 76,000 years ago."
“It was also discovered in other archaeological sites in North Africa, in archaeological layers, dating between 116 thousand and 35 thousand years,” which makes those discovered in Morocco the oldest to date, with a date between 142 thousand and 150 thousand years.
These results showed that the symbolic behavior (wearing ornaments) in the Bismoun Cave was presented thousands of years ago compared to previous discoveries, to be considered the first behavior of its kind known to man during the ancient geological period known as the Pleistocene.
According to the study authors' statement, "As is the case with contemporary human groups, the ancient ones used seashells for the purpose of decoration."
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And in the Bismoun Cave, on the surface of many of the discovered shells, traces of induction and luster appear as a result of friction between them, which indicates that these shells were suspended and in continuous movement, and some of them bear traces of dyeing with red ocher, which is the natural iron oxide pigment whose nature has been determined by microscopic study.
According to the study, “the use of these seashells has always been interpreted as an expression of the social and cultural identity of those who wear them. Thus, this discovery in the Bismun Cave is the oldest direct physical evidence of the existence of a system of exchange and communication between members of the same group and outside it as well, a behavior that is now clear that its origins are ancient through what was found in Bismoun Cave.
Only a month ago, a team of scientists discovered that the Berbers of North Africa were the first people to make clothes, and another team discovered that the Berbers were the first people who knew jewelry, which shows that this people has a long history that still hides many surprises.
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