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Four-thousand year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor
Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have discovered the 4400 year old skeleton of an upper class woman
Windsor may have been popular with royalty rather earlier than generally thought.
Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have discovered the 4400 year old gold-adorned skeleton of an upper class woman who was almost certainly a member of the local ruling elite.
She is the earliest known woman adorned with such treasures ever found in Britain.
The individual, aged around 40, was buried, wearing a necklace of folded sheet gold, amber and lignite beads, just a century or two after the construction of Stonehenge some 60 miles to the south-west. Even the buttons, thought to have been used to secure the upper part of her now long-vanished burial garment, were made of amber. She also appears to have worn a bracelet of lignite beads.
more at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/fourthousand-year-old-goldadorned-skeleton-found-near-windsor-8581819.html?fb_action_ids=10151593460016068&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151593460016068%22%3A383881551724384%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151593460016068%22%3A%22news.reads%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
Windsor may have been popular with royalty rather earlier than generally thought.
Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have discovered the 4400 year old gold-adorned skeleton of an upper class woman who was almost certainly a member of the local ruling elite.
She is the earliest known woman adorned with such treasures ever found in Britain.
The individual, aged around 40, was buried, wearing a necklace of folded sheet gold, amber and lignite beads, just a century or two after the construction of Stonehenge some 60 miles to the south-west. Even the buttons, thought to have been used to secure the upper part of her now long-vanished burial garment, were made of amber. She also appears to have worn a bracelet of lignite beads.
more at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/fourthousand-year-old-goldadorned-skeleton-found-near-windsor-8581819.html?fb_action_ids=10151593460016068&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151593460016068%22%3A383881551724384%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151593460016068%22%3A%22news.reads%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
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The pictures are very interesting as well. Well worth the time...
Thanks for sharing this!
