One of the items the guard confiscated was Kane’s rosary, which had black and white beads. MIKE KIRBY is a Sun Chronicle columnist. Reach him at [email protected].

Around the year 1500 we find two major types of "rosaries": a) Prayer chains with fifty beads/pearls symbolizing the fifty Aves, clustered in five groups of ten, each of these groups separated from ...

A collection of jewellery, including a brooch, glass beads, silver coins and what’s known as a ‘vulva stone’ was discovered. These stones were believed to symbolise fertility. A triangular brooch of ...

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Jacques joined the GIA’s board of governors in 1996 and was chair of the board from 2008 until 2014. After a six-month stint as interim CEO, she was appointed president and CEO in January 2014. The ...