Old Gold Ring With ‘Venus the Victorious’ Carving, Alongside Unexpected 10th-Century Coins Archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) discovered a ...

The gold band contains an engraved nicolo, or “onyx agate cut to leave a thin layer of faint whitish blue over a thicker layer of black,” according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The ring, found in March, is engraved with sprigs of leaves as well as the rhyming motto in French, "Je desir vous Ceruir" A late medieval gold ring engraved with a declaration of love has been ...

Archaeologists in France recently unearthed a 1,700-year-old ring engraved with an ancient religious ... The well-preserved object is fashioned from gold and set with a dark-colored gemstone.