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