| The earliest bracelets date back to
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| | from the Latin Brachium, meaning, 'arm.'
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| around 2500 BC and were those worn by the
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| | When women caught on that these Bracels
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| Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia.
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| | would look great on them, they started
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| Bracelets, necklaces, anklets, finger
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| | wearing smaller versions, called little
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| rings and ear rings made the women of
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| | Bracels...or 'Bracel-ets.'
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| Sumer into show windows of their
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| | The history of bracelets stretches
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| husband's prosperity. Bracelets were
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| | forward through the Middle Ages of
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| found in the tombs of Ur where it was
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| | medieval Europe through the Baroque
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| customary to bury royalty with their
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| | period of the 18th century, and on right
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| jewellery and unfortunately their poor
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| | through to the present.
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| servants.
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| | Throughout time, bracelets have been made
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| By about 2000 BC, in Ancient Egypt,
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| | from many different materials such as
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| bracelets emerged as major pieces of
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| | leather, iron, copper, beads, bone and
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| jewellery. Bracelets were found in the
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| | teeth as well as precious metals and
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| ruins from the Vesuvias eruption in
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| | gemstone.
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| Pompeii in 79 AD.
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| | Throughout the ages bracelets have always
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| It was during the age of the Egyptian
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| | been popular and the styles seem to have
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| Pharaohs that charm bracelets were first
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| | varied according to dress styles. In
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| seen although charms themselves dated
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| | cultures where people wore sleeveless or
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| back as far as the Neolithic era when men
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| | short sleeved attire such as the Romans
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| would gather unusual bits of wood or
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| | and ancient Greeks, the wearing of
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| pieces of stone which would be carried
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| | bracelets both on the upper and lower arm
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| about their person in order to ward off
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| | became popular with both men and women.
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| their enemies. So these charms were
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| | The wearing of upper arm bracelets is
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| considered 'lucky charms' and powerful
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| | still popular today with modern
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| protectors against evil.
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| | fashionable skimpy clothing lending
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| It wasn't until the time of the Pharaohs
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| | itself well to the wearing of more
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| though that these charms were
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| | jewellery.
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| incorporated into elaborate pieces of
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| | Today, bracelets are worn by both men and
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| jewellery such as wrist and neck
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| | women in a variety of materials such as
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| bracelets which were not only deemed to
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| | traditional precious metals like gold
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| offer protection but were also a sign of
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| | silver and platinum. Modern plastics and
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| how prosperous the person had been in
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| | acrylics are now much used to make
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| life and after death would be an
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| | trendy, unusual bracelets as well as
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| indicator to the Gods of this persons
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| | metals like titanium and zirconium which
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| proper status in the after life.
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| | have become popular because they are hard
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| In Grecian times bracelets were popular
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| | wearing, very light and hypoallergenic.
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| with men and soldiers wore defensive
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| | Whatever your tastes and whatever your
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| bands of leather, often decorated with
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| | budget, there is an enormous choice of
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| gold, silver and or gemstones, on their
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| | bracelets and bangles to suit everyone.
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| forearms. They were known as 'Bracels,'
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