Discovered near the city of Cluj, this cache contains a ring with spiral ends, unlike anything ever found in the region, as well as 116 small loops with engraved patterns that may have been worn as earrings.
Știrile Pro-TVA metal detector who recently discovered a hoard of gold relics.
A total of 121 gold objects were discovered using a metal detector, and experts believe they date back to between 1400 and 1200 BC. The hoard was delivered to the National Museum of Transylvanian History, and historians and other officials have since been amazed by this unprecedented discovery.
“The value of the work is truly invaluable, given its age and the work itself,” said Culture Minister András Demeter. “The national territory continues to offer us such surprises.”
After examining the hoard, museum historians concluded that these items were primarily jewelry, many of which appeared to be earrings. However, one of the most intriguing pieces is a spiral ring.
Știrile Pro-TVMuch of the treasury contains round gold objects like these, which historians believe may be earrings.
At the time these gold coins were minted, the territory of modern-day Romania was rapidly changing. Indo-Europeans, who migrated there around 2000 BCE, coexisted with Neolithic people, likely leading to the formation of the Thracian civilization. Their descendants came into contact with the Greeks in the 5th century BCE.
However, given that little is known about the early settlers of Romania, and in particular of Cluj County, it is difficult to speculate about the owner of these newly discovered gold objects and what happened to them.
Why were these objects created and who owned them? Did they serve a ritual purpose or were they simply aesthetically pleasing? And why were they buried? What compelled their owner to abandon such riches? Invaders? Or something else?
Perhaps answers to some of these questions will emerge after a more thorough examination of the gold artifacts. However, for now, this remarkable Bronze Age hoard is part of a vast group of treasures discovered by metal detectorists in recent years.
Recently, metal detectorists in England discovered Roman coins and Viking artifacts, and in Belgium, two metal detectorists even stumbled upon a cache of weapons from World War II.
Discoveries like these once again prove that history—even ancient history, stretching back thousands of years—is not so far from reality. Perhaps all it takes to discover truly incredible artifacts from humanity's shared past is a metal detector and a little luck.
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