earrings

Fashion in the period of classical antiquity seems to have followed trends that extended much further than we ever imagined. In this case, extending from the ladies of Roman Egypt all the way to the women of ancient Bulgaria. An ancient earring discovered by archaeologists in Bulgaria matches the jewelry painted on more than one Roman Egyptian mummy portrait. Archaeologists excavating at Bulgaria’s ancient Roman colony of Deultum located near the modern town of Debelt, close to the Black Sea coast, have discovered a single earring, made of gold, that almost “perfectly” matches the earrings depicted in the Fayum mummy portraits of Roman Egypt. The Connection Between Ancient Bulgaria And Roman Egypt Mummy portraits, or specifically Fayum mummy portraits (also