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At a prominent Shiite shrine in southern Tehran, Qasem Ashgari was buying yet another gemstone ring in the hope it would help his prayers to be answered promptly.

Asghari, in his 30s, who was already wearing several bands on each hand, had a specific ring in mind: A silver one, adorned with yellow agate and engraved with religious scripts.

Two people were arrested on Monday night at the port of Igoumenitsa in northwestern Greece for violating laws on the protection of antiquities and cultural heritage after they were found in possession of hundreds of ancient coins and other items. 

Hüseyin Sağtan, a jewelry designer from the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, has for many years been designing and producing works for Hollywood productions. Now he creates jewelries for Netflix series "The Witcher" and "Black Sails."

Archaeological excavations in Assos, one of the most important port cities of antiquity have unearthed 1,600-year-old pendants made from bones, shaped in human and animal figures.

Rihanna, who is now not only the most popular singer but also the founder of her own fashion brand, "Fenty," has released a new jewelry collection, Wonderzine reports.

In Dubai's decades-old Gold Souk, customers from around the world haggle over bangles and necklaces. Elsewhere in the emirate, the region's top center for gold trade, bullion is playing a new role in financial engineering.  

In October, the Justice Ministry will finally have electronic bracelets for monitoring, Mediapool reports.

A total of 200 bracelets with GPS surveillance with a precision of 2.5 m, and the remaining 50 aim to control inmates in open spaces.

Jewelry that has been produced in different eras from the Bronze Age to Urartian, Hittite and Roman times has gone on display for the first time at the Malatya Museum. 

The jewelry, which features rings, bracelets, anklets, necklaces and brooches that are made of bone, bronze, precious stones and silver, provides a glimpse of the adornments women wore throughout the centuries.

Works of Urartian jewelry, representing a significant portion of the Kadir Has University’s Rezan Has Museum Collection, have gone on display for the first time.