3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany - Archaeology Magazine
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Gold spiral may have been used as a hair ornament.
This gold artifact, which may have been used as a hair ornament, was found buried with a woman who died around 3,800 years ago.
(Image credit: Yvonne Mühleis, LAD Esslingen)
Archaeologists have uncovered the 3,800 year-old burial of a woman who was around 20 years old when she died in what is now Tübingen, Germany. Inside her tomb, archaeologists found just one grave good a spiral gold wire that may have been used as a hair ornament.
It s considered the oldest gold artifact found in southwest Germany. The gold contains about 20% silver, less than 2% copper, and has traces of