Find 2,000-year-old jewels crafted with current technology

A group of archaeologists have identified in Uzbekistan a series of jewels more than 2,000 years old that were drilled with extremely hard tools. This discovery challenges beliefs about technological development in ancient times and suggests that the use of this technique was quite widespread, which was thought impossible. The study focused on the Rabat Cemetery, a funerary enclave occupied between the 2nd century B.C. and the 1st century A.D., …