Zendaya’s Odyssey Fashion: 3,000-Year-Old Earrings, Angel Wings & More 

Zendaya‘s fashion looks are fit for a goddess. 

Indeed, while the Odyssey actress—who stars as the Greek goddess Athena in the Christopher Nolan epic—has been known for method dressing during press tours, her looks for the new fantasy action flick are on another level, especially the gold medallion earrings she paired with a white Jacquemus gown at a London photocall July 5.

To say that Zendaya, with the help of her longtime stylist Law Roach, pulled from the archives for the accessory would be the understatement of the century—or rather the millennium. After all, the ancient 18-karat yellow gold and diamond earrings, which were designed by Glenn Spiro and are owned by Barron London, date back 3,000 years to the first millennium BC, according to the London-based jeweler.

And the gold disks have a special story behind them. As archeologist Annelise Baer shared in a July 10 Instagram video, the artifacts were originally from Iran and while they “likely were not earrings,” the medallions were probably worn as “something decorative” like other sunburst designs of the era.