Diamond Earrings

Body Piercing ... Earrings for pierced ears were found in a grave in the Ukok region between Russia and China dated between 400 and 300 BCE... Among the Tlingit of the Pacific Northwest of America, earrings were a sign of nobility and wealth, as the placement of each earring on a child had to be purchased at an expensive potlatch... Earrings were common in the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (1550–1292 BCE), generally taking the form of a dangling, gold hoop...

Earring ... However, heavy earrings worn over extended periods of time may lead to stretching of the earlobe and the piercing... Early evidence of earrings worn by men can be seen in archeological evidence from Persepolis in ancient Persia...