Galatea Pearl Collar Verishop So rare and coveted were

So rare and coveted were these luminous stones that ancient rulers guarded their sources with secrecy and law

Hatshepsut was not only the first female pharaoh

In ancient Egypt

Vestals had more freedom and status than other Roman women

Galatea Pearl Collar Verishop So rare and coveted wereGalatea was a fair and lovely Nereid, a sea nymph of the Mediterranean. She was born to the sea god Nereus and the nymph Doris, on a cool, tranquil morning, and she would forever after be the one who brings gentle tides, the goddess of the calm sea. Her name means she who is milk white, and like the exquisite pearls of the Galatea collar, she is of the ocean, gloriously imperfect in her natural beauty, marked by saltwater and fashioned into something