Archaeologists and other experts remain mystified as about 2,000 tiny golden spirals were dug up in a field in eastern Denmark.
The coils, made from thin filaments of about 3cm (1in) long, date back between 900BC and 700BC, according to Flemming Kaul of the National Museum in Copenhagen. But his team isn’t entirely sure of the findings. “The fact is we don’t know what they were for, although I’m inclined to think they were part of a priest-king’s robes, perhaps a fringe on a head-piece or parasol, or maybe woven into cloth,” appears as the statement made by him on their official website. The gold spirals shall go on display at Skaelskor City Museum sometime later the next week.
They were unearthed in the Boeslunde area, a rich source of Bronze Age gold artefacts. Several other gold cups and rings have been found there in the past 200 years. Remnants of a fur-lined box uncovered nearby suggest the coils were cult objects from the time when the Danes’ ancestors worshipped the Sun, according to West Zealand Museum archaeologist Kirsten Christiansen. She is conducting further digs and research expeditions in the area, in case there’s more treasure lying underneath the rich soils.
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