When visiting Iran, I noticed much to my surprise that the blue faience disks known as Lochscheibe are widely and readily available. In Syria, Jordan and Palestine they are only found as old or even antique pendants. Their oldest appearance seems to be in Egypt. I am working on an article examining the spread of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here you will find a new article on magical squares I wrote a short time ago. It is interesting to see how the magical square started out as a miniature version of the universe and ended up as a symbol of amuletic powers. It is often used in jewelry, so I decided to write some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Collecting antiques, including silver jewelry, is becoming a fast rising phenomenon. Michael Backman wrote this interesting paper on soaring prices and new collectors. Insightful and interesting!
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