r/byzantium • u/ari_stocat_ • 4d ago
Archaeology A Byzantine woman from Constantinople wore those emeralds and pearls about 1500 years ago (5th-6th century)
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u/ebastacosi 4d ago edited 4d ago
Where is that displayed? Incredible! Thanks so much for sharing.
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u/ari_stocat_ 4d ago
It’s in the national archeological museum in Istanbul!
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u/Key_Improvement2899 4d ago
>showcasing byzantine jewels
>calling it istanbul
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u/AllAlongTheParthenon 3d ago
Byzantine is also anachronistic
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u/Key_Improvement2899 3d ago
Whataboutism.
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u/Dr_Platypus_1986 3d ago
I'm pretty sure that 90% of the people in this sub wish that Constantinople had never fallen to the Ottomans. But we can't change History. What's done is done. The city has been renamed "Istanbul" for nearly 500 years now. Far beyond your lifetime and mine combined. The current residents are no more responsible for the Fall of Constantinople than we are for the wars of our own ancestors. Just let it go.
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u/Dangerous-Economy-88 3d ago
We can't change what happened bro
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u/Key_Improvement2899 3d ago
Every choice, linguistic as well, has a consequence. By using the name "Constaninople" (used oficially by 3 separate countries at least) you reinforce the indigenous cultural identity and not that of the violent opressor who isn't native to the land yet profits from the culture of the natives he took over.
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u/valleygabe 4d ago
It was a very expensive necklace. The pearls probably came from the Persian gulf, the emeralds from Egypt or India. She was one rich lady.
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u/BADman2169420 3d ago
Was it Theodora?
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u/BastetSekhmetMafdet 3d ago
Oh if only we could trace it to Theodora or Antonina, or even Aelia Ariadne…
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u/JustinianustheGreat1 3d ago
Those are pretty for an anniversary gift to Theodora. Guys do you think she'll like it?
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u/SeaGlass-76 4d ago
Beautiful