The images you'll see as you scroll down to the current text are all part of the story telling in my novel, Realms of Gold:Ritual to Romance.


Bianca Caldwell, pen name, Bianca Fiore, is a writer for an art magazine. In each of her monthly stories she describes an object used in ancient ritual.

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure - Gold Jewelry

The gold work of Troy, found by Schliemann. Found in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul.


The gold of Troy: Earrings.

Earrings that resemble the ones worn by Heinrich Schliemann’s wife in pho­to­graphs. Found in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul.



Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure - Gold Pendants



Detail from gold diadem with pendants. Sixty-four small chains, each with links interspaced by gold-leaf lozenges, are suspended from a long, narrow band with 3 holes on each end. The shorter central chains are framed on each side by seven longer chains that converge and terminate in four gold-leaf pendants. This image shows one of these side groups. Found by Schliemann at Troy.

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure



Selection of gold diadems, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and assorted gold and bronze vessels found by Schliemann at Troy. Pushkin Museum, Moscow. 

Ancient Gold: Ram's Head

Ram's head rock-crystal bracelet styled like a torque (ca. 330-300 B.C.). Found in Macedonia, near Thessaloniki.