Hundreds of valuable antiques, including jewelry thousands of years old, will soon be put on display at Sa Huynh Museum in Quang Nam Province.

Sa Huynh culture\'s jewelry thousands of years old

Pham Xuan Long, owner of this private museum, said the museum is currently curating and cataloguing the exhibition, and hopes to open it up to visitors soon.

Discovered in 1909 by French Archaeologist M.Vinet, the ancient culture of Sa Huynh attracted the attention of archaeologists around the world.

Among the most outstanding achievements of the Sa Huynh was their jewelry making. These jewels each have a different meaning, which showed the social status of the wearers.

These include strings of beads, bracelets, earrings and rings are made from agate, nephrite, crystal, and resins from different kinds of tree.

The Sa Huynh also fabricated multicoloured decorative objects out of an early form of glass, made from white sand and tree resin.

Charming earrings indicate some amount of sophistocation among the Sa Huynh, who lived in what is now central Vietnam. Earrings of similar design can also found in other Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia and Thailand, which shows that they had some trade relations with other regions.

Photos from the museum:

Mr. Pham Xuan Long introducing antiques to visitors

Thousands of years old, jewelry retains its beauty

Materials such as agate, nephrite, carnelian were used

Strings of beads a top attraction at the exhibit

Nephrite was a popular material to work with

Earrings found in women\'s tombs

Animal head-shaped earrings found at men’s tombs, showing their high social status

Visitors looking at jewelry