Jessika Gossl
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The color of the pearl might depend on the sky above, whether it was clear or cloudy.
Another kind of pearl, according to Pliny, was the windpearl.
When an oyster was frightened by a thunderstorm, it produced an inferior kind of pearl, but in most cases they were treasures.
In Pliny's view, the topmost rank of all things of price is held by pearls.
From the late Roman Republic through the Imperial period, pearls were a sign of social status and political power.
Wealthy women wore pearl earrings, necklaces, and brooches.
Some Roman elites even sewed pearls into clothing and slippers worn inside the home.
Under the rule of Julius Caesar, sanctuary laws restricted who could wear pearls.
They were only for Romans of a certain rank.
In other parts of the world, different kinds of pearls were prized.
Not saltwater pearls, but freshwater.
Among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, freshwater pearls found in river mussels were sometimes used in ritual objects and traded over long distances.
Though smaller and less luminous than saltwater pearls, they were valued for their rarity and their symbolic association with life-giving rivers.
In Northern Europe, during the Viking Age, freshwater pearls from rivers were occasionally found in burials.
This suggests that they also carried symbolic value in colder climates, where pearls were rarer still.
By the time global trade routes began to flourish, pearls had become symbols of wealth and beauty, crossing oceans to reach royalty and ordinary people alike.
But there's another part of our story that requires further exploration.
Let's go back to the beginning of the pearls journey.
Long before the written record, people in the Arabian Gulf, South Asia, and the Red Sea developed the art of pearl diving.
Divers learned the rhythm of the tides, the patterns of seasons, and the safest times to enter the water.
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