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"Jewelry" comes from the English word "jewel".

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People use white shiny diamonds, dark red rubies and blue sapphires to make jewelry.

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They wear a Star of David.

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Scientists found many shells covered with red clay in Morocco, North Africa.

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They wear a crucifix.

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Scientists found bead necklaces made with small nails shells in South Africa.

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People also use a lot of different materials, such as sea shells, stones, sticks, bones, feathers, eggs, among others.

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They had artists whose job was to make jewelry for people to wear.

They made jewelry just with gold and valuable stones.

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People believed that Scarab protected them from harm. Because of this, they included it in their jewels.

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Many people like wearing jade bracelets, because they think jade can help to heal the body.

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They make jewelry with seeds, feathers and monkeys' teeth.

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Oba (king of Benin) wears coral covering his whole body.

They believe the king took these coral beads from the underwater kingdom of the sea god.

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Lots of people wear amber in traditional wedding jewelry.

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Women wear brass metal around their ankle because it represents wealth and a high position in the community.

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The Christian Bible compares jewelry with something is not expect: wisdom.