Posted on 08/29/2022 9:28:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
Cache of ancient gold rings discovered in Romania. (Ţării Crişurilor Museum, Oradea, Romania)
Archaeologists in Romania have discovered an extraordinary cache of ancient gold rings that a 6,500-year-old woman wore in her hair.
The trove in a Copper Age grave includes 169 gold rings, 800 bone beads, and an ornate spiraled copper bracelet discovered by a team from the Ţării Crişurilor museum in Oradea, Romania.
The jewelry was laid to rest alongside a burial of an "extremely rich" woman, museum director Gabriel Moisa said, Romanian outlet Agerpres reports.
Archaeologists identified the remains as belonging to a woman based on the size of the skeleton and the fact that it was buried with no weapons. The skeleton also indicated she was tall and well-fed, and the good condition of her teeth provided more evidence she enjoyed elite status.
Ancient hair rings. (Ţării Crişurilor Museum) The finds date back 6,500 years to the Copper Age.
Călin Ghemiș, the lead archaeologist on the project, described the finds as a "phenomenal discovery," saying "such a treasure no longer exists in central and eastern Europe," per artnet news.
The museum wants to learn more about the woman with whom the treasures were buried. The bones have been sent to laboratories in Marosvásárhely and Holland for carbon dating and DNA testing.
The amazing discovery of the rings adorning the skeleton. (Tarii Crisurilor Museum) "We want to find out what kind of culture the person belonged to, and also whether the rings were made of gold from the Transylvanian Archipelago," Moisa said.
The team's excavations took place from March to June 2022.
As well as the incredible discovery of the Copper Age burial, other excavations along the route of a new highway under construction in Romania have found remains from the Neolithic period, Bronze Age, the Roman Empire, and Medieval epoch, according to a post on the museum's Facebook.
PinGGG!..........................
Is she the ultimate Black Widow and the rings are her trophies?
Once they get her all dug up, I hope they make one of those clay renderings of what she may have looked like.
I love those! :)
Being 6500 years old, she could have had REALLY long hair.
“gold rings that a 6,500-year-old woman wore”
That is one old street walker.
She’s a witch!
6500 years old and they are perfectly round and look like they were MACHINE CUT.............................🤔
And a darn rich one too!.....................
Worn stacked in her hair like Venus Williams? Imagine the migraine from carrying that around on your scalp.
That area once called Dacia (now Romania) was famous for its abundance of gold. That’s why the Emperor Trajan conquered it. Not surprising their gold working goes even further back into history.
That is one old street walker.
= = =
Or an MLB player.
All those rings 6500 years ago. And the wheel wasn’t “invented” for what, another +/- 1000 years?
Not surprising.
The Aztecs and Mayas had wheeled toys for children to play with, but did not have wheeled carts or wagons before the Spanish came..................
“”Being 6500 years old, she could have had REALLY long hair.””
LOL....
The American Indian’s cross arms and drop head we missed by that much.
Thanks Red Badger.
The workmanship is very very good.
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