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Last Updated: January 4, 2015.
The remnants of a 4,000-year-old copper crown found on a skull from the late Indus Valley civilization period found at village of Chandayan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (A.K. Pandey/Archaeological Survey of India)

The remnants of a 4,000-year-old copper crown found on a skull from the late Indus Valley civilization period found at village of Chandayan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (A.K. Pandey/Archaeological Survey of India)

1 posted on 01/04/2015 4:30:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder what it looked like when it was new.


4 posted on 01/04/2015 4:35:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ooh baby. I want one of those.


8 posted on 01/04/2015 5:00:56 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: SunkenCiv

Seems rather small - part of a larger piece?


11 posted on 01/04/2015 5:23:48 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SunkenCiv

Anyone know what a “Fiance bead” is? Carnelian is more or less a kind of quartz, but the bead strikes me as something you put on a ring instead of a diamond if you (a) have no money, or (b) want to get rejected.


13 posted on 01/04/2015 5:57:17 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The word is that Obama found the Gold crown.


17 posted on 01/04/2015 8:27:44 PM PST by Revel
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To: SunkenCiv
That's pretty far to the East.

2000 B.C. -- interesting

The Harappan civilisation, we know so little about it. I thought the idea was that it was a mercentile state with no kings but some kind of capitalist oligarchy.

18 posted on 01/05/2015 3:59:59 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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