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science1 month ago•8 min saved

Spain's Bronze Age Hoard Heist: Gold Stolen, Meteorite Iron Bracelet Left Behind

A coordinated dawn raid on Villena’s Treasure of Villena in Spain stole most of the Bronze Age gold hoard from the MUVI museum and a nearby sports center, possibly using the alarm as a distraction, while a rusty meteoritic iron bangle—one of two such artifacts—was left behind along with three silver vessels; the hollow gold-decorated hemisphere was taken, underscoring an apparent motive to profit from gold over heritage. Investigators are reviewing security footage as researchers pursue noninvasive tests to confirm the meteoritic iron’s origin, warning that melting or destroying pieces could erase irreplaceable scientific knowledge despite the potential for recovery.

via ScienceAlert|

#archaeology #bronze-age #meteoritic-iron

culture1 month ago•3 min saved

Four-Minute Heist Strips Villena Bronze Age Hoard from Spanish Museum

Thieves used a diversion and a false alarm to breach MUVI in Villena, stealing 59 Bronze Age pieces (gold, silver, iron and amber) and three crowns in under four minutes; authorities suspect a professional, coordinated operation, with the haul valued at around €1.5 million.

via Euronews.com|

#archaeology #bronze-age #culture

world1 month ago•2 min saved

Four-minute heist wipes out Bronze Age gold trove in Villena museum

Thieves raided the MUVI Villena Museum in Alicante in about four minutes, taking a large portion of the Treasure of Villena—Bronze Age gold artifacts dating to around 1000 BC, including rings, bowls and bracelets. The raid followed a diversion and alarms were triggered, with authorities still determining exactly how many items were stolen as security teams review the incident; the loss marks another high-profile museum theft in Europe.

via BBC|

#bronze-age #museum-heist #spain

travel1 month ago•304 min saved

Six-week peak: Kyrgyzstan’s Saimaluu Tash guards a Bronze Age petroglyph treasure

Saimaluu Tash in Kyrgyzstan is a vast, millennia-old open-air gallery featuring about 90,000 petroglyphs carved on roughly 10,000 basalt boulders, depicting hunts, warfare and sun-worship from the Bronze Age; the site sits high in the Tian-Shan mountains and is accessible only during a short six-week window each July–September when a fragile snow bridge remains passable, making it one of Central Asia’s largest and best-preserved high-altitude cultural sites. Rediscovered in 1902 and studied since the 1940s, it remains a magnet for travelers drawn to its remote, pristine atmosphere.

via CNN|

#bronze-age #kyrgyzstan #petroglyphs

world1 month ago•47 min saved

Akrotiri: Santorini’s Bronze-Age City Unearthed Like Greece’s Pompeii

Archaeologists uncovered Akrotiri on Santorini, a Bronze Age city preserved by volcanic ash after the Minoan eruption, widely dubbed Greece’s Pompeii; excavations led by Spyridon Marinatos in the 1960s revealed multi-story buildings and vibrant frescoes that illuminate Bronze Age Aegean civilization.

via greekreporter.com|

#akrotiri #archaeology #bronze-age

archaeology1 month ago•2 min saved

Meteorite Rings Reveal Bronze Age Greek Elite Power

A new study of Bronze Age Greek artifacts finds 13 iron items with meteoritic origin (out of 91 iron pieces), likely imported from Egypt and used to craft luxury rings with gold, silver, or bronze, signaling elite status among the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures; the practice faded around 1200 BCE.

via Gizmodo|

#archaeology #bronze-age #egypt

history1 month ago•6 min saved

Carlisle Bronze Age Gold Torcs Unearthed by Two Detectorists

Two metal detectorists near Carlisle uncovered three Bronze Age gold torcs dating to around 1100 BC, weighing a combined 18.27 ounces and valued at about $400,000. The torcs are being assessed by the British Museum to determine treasure status, with a coroner deciding if they qualify as treasure; if declared treasure, they could be bought at market value with proceeds shared among the finders and the landowner, otherwise they may be returned to the finders for auction. The discovery came after hours of digging and has been described as a once-in-a-lifetime find by the detectorists.

via Fox News|

#british-museum #bronze-age #carlisle

archaeology2 months ago•5 min saved

DNA rewrite: Stonehenge burial revealed as a woman, a Bronze Age metalworker

DNA analysis overturns long-held beliefs about a 4,000-year-old Stonehenge burial, showing the interred individual was a woman who was likely a metalworker and shaman, underscoring women's prominence in Bronze Age society.

via BBC|

#archaeology #bronze-age #dna-analysis

science2 months ago•52 min saved

DNA shifts Bronze Age stories: a woman at the heart of Stonehenge-era life

DNA analysis of a 4,000-year-old skeleton from Wiltshire shows the metalworker buried with tools and adornments was a woman, suggesting women played a central role as craftspeople and possibly shamans in Bronze Age Britain and rewriting long-held assumptions about Stonehenge-era society.

via Yahoo|

#bronze-age #dna-analysis #metalworking

archaeology2 months ago•1 min saved

Divers Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword at Salcombe Wrecks

Divers recovered a roughly 3,000-year-old Bronze Age sword at the Salcombe Cannon and Moor Sand wreck sites off south Devon during Historic England–funded work, joining a history of Bronze Age finds in the area; experts date the blade to about 1300–800 BC, though worn portions require further study.

via BBC|

#archaeology #bronze-age #bronze-sword

nation-and-world2 months ago•28 min saved

Ancient Bronze Sword Unearthed in Polish Forest by Hobbyist

A hobbyist using a metal detector found a well-preserved bronze sword from the late Bronze Age (about 2,700 years old, roughly 900–700 BCE) standing upright beneath the soil in Poland’s Gdansk Forest District; archaeologists collected the artifact for further study before it’s placed in a museum.

via WKRC|

#archaeology #bronze-age #metal-detector

archaeology2 months ago•103 min saved

Ancient DNA overturns Bronze Age stereotypes: Stonehenge-era shaman identified as female

Genetic testing of the 4,000-year-old burial known as the Upton Lovell Shaman near Stonehenge shows the individual was female (XX chromosomes), not male, challenging long-held views of Bronze Age metalworkers and leaders. The richly equipped grave—including goldworking tools, a touchstone, and ceremonial objects—suggests she was a high-status metalworker and shaman. The find, highlighted ahead of a new exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute, broadens our understanding of women's roles in Early Bronze Age society.

via Live Science|

#ancient-dna #archaeology #bronze-age

world2 months ago•5 min saved

Bronze Age Sword Stands Upright After Detectorist Discovery in Poland

A hobbyist metal detectorist in northern Poland uncovered a remarkably preserved 2,700-year-old bronze sword standing upright in sandy soil. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (900–700 BC), the weapon was recovered by archaeologists for study and will be transferred to a museum; the destination has not yet been decided.

via Fox News|

#archaeology #bronze-age #detectorist

science3 months ago•13 min saved

Nebra sky disc: Bronze Age sky almanac and the oldest known cosmos image

The Nebra sky disc, a 32 cm Bronze Age bronze-and-gold disk with a sun, crescent, and 32 gold dots (including a seven-star cluster likely the Pleiades), is regarded by researchers as the world’s oldest concrete depiction of astronomical phenomena. Found by looters in Germany in 1999 and recovered in a 2002 Basel/Rhine sting, it now rests in Halle and was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World. Dating relies on indirect evidence due to looting (no soil layers were recorded), with a central debate: whether it dates to about 1600 BC (Bronze Age) or possibly the first millennium BC (Iron Age). Its meaning is also debated—whether it’s a precise star map or a symbolic sky-almanac used to track solar and lunar cycles.

via Space Daily|

#archaeology #astronomy #bronze-age

science4 months ago•36 min saved

Gessel Gold Hoard: Bronze Age Treasure Unearths Europe’s Large Bronze Age Cache

Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,300-year-old Bronze Age gold hoard at Gessel, a find among Europe’s largest of its kind, comprising gold jewellery and ingots that illuminate Bronze Age metallurgy and wide trade networks across the continent.

via Yahoo|

#archaeology #bronze-age #europe