EXTREMELY RARE LARGE ANCIENT BACTRIAN LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD BEADS NECKLACE HUGE SIZE - 2ND/1ST MILLENNIUM BC .Different Design's Length of necklace is 29 cm x 2 . Total Lapis Beads = 34 Beads The largest Bead size is 2 cm . Total Gold beads = 24 beads The largest Bead size is 1.6 cm . Total weight = 105 grams Historians believe the link between humans and lapis lazuli stretches back more than 6,500 years. The gem was treasured by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. They valued it for its vivid, exquisite color, and prized it as much as they prized other blue gems like sapphire and turquoise. The same was true as far back as 700 BC, when the region was part of a country known as Bactria. The lapis mines that were producing then are still producing today. They are, in fact, the world’s oldest known commercial gemstone sources.