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South African Ndebele in India and Southeast Asia? Prehistoric gold and bronze jewelry bands in Africa and Eurasia? The king's crown and the robes and garments worn by royalty, studded with pearls, rubies, saffire, and precious gems were prominent before the Middle Ages in Europe. Did Africans introduce this fashion? Consider these images from pre-Medieval times. 25,000 years of beaded diadems, the world's first crowns. These are found in the Ukraine, Palestine, the Sudan, Egypt, and the style is still worn in Africa today. There appears to have been an African-Egyptian influence in Mesoamerica as shown in the paleo-jewelry (meaning ancient jewelry) of Africa-Egypt but common in Mesoamerica. Paleo, i.e., ancient, jewelry from 75,000 years ago in South Africa. BODY ART AS JEWELRY: Prehistoric Afro-Eurasian diamond-incised abdominal tribal markings.
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