tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70509339228015740562024-02-19T02:49:52.563-08:00Realms Of Gold The NovelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-57898715016464170862021-09-27T10:36:00.008-07:002021-09-27T10:39:05.315-07:00The Gift From Fortuny, Garners Honorable Mention at the Paris Book Festival!<p><b style="background-color: white;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKcW6LRSusP_2BAudk57DFm_7XIU8sGUyDW4NHXIfcPxPecH44nz_yG9uWh2NTKRkkU9bZjQ0M06lT4HUMtD-_05kKUaq4YytwDtIJPEvcDDfZLn7Pehve5Rc1CTjOx7W_qEnepbySnaP/s589/1+%25282%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="525" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKcW6LRSusP_2BAudk57DFm_7XIU8sGUyDW4NHXIfcPxPecH44nz_yG9uWh2NTKRkkU9bZjQ0M06lT4HUMtD-_05kKUaq4YytwDtIJPEvcDDfZLn7Pehve5Rc1CTjOx7W_qEnepbySnaP/w400-h51/1+%25282%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">GENERAL FICTION - </b><b style="background-color: white;">HONORABLE MENTION</b></span></div><div><ul style="background-color: white;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">The Gift from Fortuny – Terry Stanfill</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx-xv-2ImcABHFDNk0woPLE1sLtz3PK0TWOmyOTTq5Krj6Ek5nbXixgSwt6K30uU_7sB1cyqaYDF6wpvtQYrl3MrslD_PeW_kfuPJHtWMURSrqBBm0GsZa0cvF3YrOBp9VLOR8A3bRrTN/s2048/fortuny+final+high+reso.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx-xv-2ImcABHFDNk0woPLE1sLtz3PK0TWOmyOTTq5Krj6Ek5nbXixgSwt6K30uU_7sB1cyqaYDF6wpvtQYrl3MrslD_PeW_kfuPJHtWMURSrqBBm0GsZa0cvF3YrOBp9VLOR8A3bRrTN/w309-h400/fortuny+final+high+reso.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Fortuny-Terry-Stanfill-ebook/dp/B08P2DD1RS/">Available on Amazon</a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-26869022740310544752021-05-22T10:36:00.004-07:002021-05-22T10:38:45.961-07:00Story Merchant Books Reviews The Gift From Fortuny<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ATzCi7i3pds" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“Like the intricacy of a Fortuny gown, with its thousands of pleats—each one its own story—this novel takes the reader to the streets and canals of Venice in the late 1940s, affluent Los Angeles in the 1980s and the ancient cities of Granada and Seville. Weaving its way through family sagas, flamenco dance, the sub-culture of Spanish gypsies and lyricism of Italian opera, it brings together a fascinating and disparate collection of characters whose lives are surprisingly and disarmingly intertwined.” </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">~Pamela Fiori, former editor of Town & Country magazine. </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-4429921002806086692021-04-23T11:21:00.006-07:002021-04-23T11:22:21.643-07:00THE 2021 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS ACKNOWLEDGES THE GIFT FROM FORTUNY<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The 2021 Independent Press Recognizes <span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">The Gift from Fortuny with its Distinguished Favorite Award in the WOMEN’S FICTION category.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOIoBYVVIkLDvsng8vLUutWSse4GlDQ7qgIVcuS68plvonlC0UpMCXLd_JNdMYH_AAZwv7OMh6fhntY_mxPI4WVnhfVdALuUCCddv_7P5LE_F1w7rT0jGFxoWxEs9RliZSdJNyuVeK3Qy/s1080/Congratulations+Terry+%2528The+Gift+from+Fortuny%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOIoBYVVIkLDvsng8vLUutWSse4GlDQ7qgIVcuS68plvonlC0UpMCXLd_JNdMYH_AAZwv7OMh6fhntY_mxPI4WVnhfVdALuUCCddv_7P5LE_F1w7rT0jGFxoWxEs9RliZSdJNyuVeK3Qy/w400-h400/Congratulations+Terry+%2528The+Gift+from+Fortuny%2529.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">To request a review copy or inquire about an author interview, please email </span><a data-attribute-index="12" href="mailto:atchity@storymerchant.com" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">atchity@storymerchant.com</a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-21156971192236356152020-09-09T14:36:00.011-07:002021-05-22T10:33:54.240-07:00NEWLY RELEASED The Gift from Fortuny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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with its thousands of pleats—each one its own story—this novel takes the reader
to the streets and canals of Venice in the late 1940s, affluent Los Angeles in
the 1980s and the ancient cities of Granada and Seville. Weaving its way
through family sagas, flamenco dance, the sub-culture of Spanish gypsies and
lyricism of Italian opera, it brings together a fascinating and disparate
collection of characters whose lives are surprisingly and disarmingly
intertwined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the same way Edith Wharton’s <i>The Age of Innocence</i> masterfully evokes
a lost Manhattan of Wharton’s youth, Stanfill’s <i>The Gift from Fortuny</i> conjures Los Angeles in 1984 in an equally
trenchant, portrait of social ambition.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Into this world that knows “the price of
everything and value of nothing” (to quote Mr. Wilde) Terry Stanfill introduces
us to a protagonist erupting with yearnings for authenticity, one as poignantly
alive as any Chekhovian heroine. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Demetra Killingsworth carries us into an
archetypal adventure exploring the very essence and construct of identity. It's a riveting read. The author allows one to live languidly
within every luscious, layered moment... until she boldly yanks away the
veil. When truth is revealed, it is as
translucent as a Venetian sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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The author handles her material with skill and authenticity and has given us an
enthralling story. Highly recommended.
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<span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I have voyaged over seas, continents and
time with author Terry Stanfill through her books, <i>The Blood Remembers</i> and <i>Realms
of Gold</i>. In her newest novel, <i>The Gift from Fortuny</i>, her travels lead
the reader from Los Angeles to Andalusia, Spain and to the Venice of Mariano
Fortuny y Madrazo, as Stanfill guides us on this remarkable journey in search
of knowledge and truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gown, designed by the Spaniard, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, anchors this
scintillating tale which unfolds like the many scenes of an opéra fantastique. We transcend eras and places in a complex
quest to capture the spirit of a young woman’s journey toward self-discovery
and realization-- from the social layering of Los Angeles to the Venice of
Fortuny and the flamenco of Andalusia.
The author’s prose and her attention to detail first draw us into this
novel where we remain until a finale where the strands of the plot are drawn
together in a memorable conclusion, one which remains long after the story is
told.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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association est adhérente à la FFSAM à l’instar de quelque 290 autres
sociétés d’amis de Musée. En plus de son rôle d’interlocuteur des Pouvoirs Publics,
la fédération est un organe de promotion des Sociétés d’Amis et par voie de
conséquence des musées, une source de contacts et une occasion d’échanges
d’expériences. C’est ainsi qu’un article sur l’AMPC est paru dans le dernier
numéro de la revue de la FSAMM. Par ailleurs nous sommes entrain d’établir
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">La
Dame de Vix a inspiré un roman original écrit par une Américaine résidant en
Californie, Terry Stanfill. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
l’occasion d’une visite touristique de la région, cette écrivaine eut un
véritable coup de cœur pour la Dame de Vix et tout ce qui l’entoure.
L’ouvrage</span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Les royaumes dorés</i>" en Anglais "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Realms of Gold </i>" imagine les
circonstances dans lesquelles le vase de Vix est arrivé dans notre
Châtillonnais. Naturellement, c’est une fiction : elle met en scènes
divers évènements et protagonistes réels ou imaginaires. Les versions
françaises et anglaises sont en vente à la boutique du Musée (15€).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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The area around the village of Vix, in North east Burgundy is the site of an important prehistoric complex from the Celtic late Hallstatt period.(500 B.), the beginning of the Iron Age. Overlooking this tiny village (200 inhabitants) are traces of an important fortified settlement of an aristocratic, elitist society influenced by Greek and Etruscan culture. </div>
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In 1953 the treasure of the of "the Lady of Vix was discovered, the site dating back to circa 500 BC. The site had never been looted and contained remarkably rich grave offerings, including important jewelry and the magnificent bronze Vix Krater the largest known metal vessel from antiquity. The wealth of this Celtic tribe was derived from farming (with the iron plough) from collecting tolls at the point on the Seine where the river became navigable for transport.They also exchanged tin and copper, salt, furs, and Baltic amber for luxury goods-- fine bronze objects, Greek ceramics, and coral. The cargos were shipped via the Rhone River, south to Massilia (Marseilles) , to finally reach other Mediterranean ports.</div>
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The spectacular jewels buried with the :"Lady of Vix," mark her social position. For these Celts gold was a symbol of power. The gold of the Lady (or Princess, or Priestess) of Vix was meant to show those dwelling in the Otherworld that she was important and therefore deserved special treatment. For this reason one could easily speculate that she was a princess or druidess who would display her power to the gods of the Afterlife. The great cauldron, in this case the krater, was the symbol of immortality and abundance to the ancient Celts. There are no records that indicate if druid burials included ornaments of any sort in their burial chambers or even if they were buried at all. However, since they held the highest places in society, it is likely that their burials were elaborate. Although there are few early references to druids in early history, one of the first known mention was in the works of Aristotle, the teacher of Alexander the Great. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-90922269201019333772020-06-08T00:00:00.000-07:002020-06-08T12:22:03.149-07:00Celts - Gold Torque, Detail<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vix, France.<br />480 BC</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This massive torque or diadem was found in the grave of a powerful woman, consisting of 40 individual parts. The two spheres at the ring terminals are held in the paws of lions. The two small winged horses are reminiscent of Pegasus from Greek mythology and bear witness to increased contact with the Mediterranean world. </span></span><br />
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and assorted gold, bronze vessels and</span></span> other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann claimed the site to be that of ancient Troy, and assigned the artifacts to the Homeric king Priam.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apparently, Schliemann smuggled Priam's Treasure out of Anatolia. The officials were informed when his wife, Sophia, wore the jewels for the public. The Ottoman official assigned to watch the excavation, Amin Effendi, received a prison sentence. The Ottoman government revoked Schliemann's permission to dig and sued him for its share of the gold. Schliemann went on to Mycenae. There, however, the Greek Archaeological Society sent an agent to monitor him.<br /><br />Later Schliemann traded some treasure to the government of the Ottoman Empire in exchange for permission to dig at Troy again.</span></span></span><br />
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Despite Schliemann's myth making, the treasures have nothing to do with King Priam's Troy. They are much older, dating from around 2500 to 2400 B.C., not from the Homeric period, which was 1400 to 1200 B.C. Schliemann said he found Troy by using the Iliad, and for one famous photograph he dressed his wife, Sophia, in a diadem that he claimed had been worn by Helen of Troy.</div>
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of gold diadems, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and assorted gold and
bronze vessels found by Schliemann at Troy. Pushkin Museum, Moscow. </span> - See more at: http://realmsofgoldthenovel.blogspot.com/2013/02/gold-of-troy-priams-treasure.html#sthash.zW2MaM76.dpuf</div>
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.<br />
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The treasures are actually a thousand years older than Homer's King Priam of Troy, who died about 1200 B.C. They are a stunning collection of gold and silver diadems, bracelets, earrings, pendants, rings, plates, goblets, buttons, cups and perfume jars, which display the extraordinary artistry, technology and trading relationships of an ancient world.<br />
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There are 260 individually catalogued items at the Pushkin, but some pieces, like necklaces, have up to 200 beads of varying types. Counting every bead, there are believed to be some 12,000 individual pieces from the 17 separate digs Schliemann made at ancient Troy. Thirteen of those caches are at the Pushkin, with the rest scattered among some 45 other museums around the world.<br />
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This pin is part of "Priam's Treasure." Today it is maintained at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. It ended up there when Soviet soldiers who captured Berlin, at the end of World War II, brought it and other recovered Trojan artifacts to Russia.<br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I came across this sandstone statue of a warrior chieftain in the museum in Chieti, Abruzzo, South Italy--and had never seen anything like it before. It is of the same period as the Hallstatt Celtic finds of Lady of Vix and the Hochdorf Prince. (6th century B.C.) In the past few decades this image has been used as a symbol the Abruzzo . The Capestrano Warrior is unique, as there are only a few life-sized sculptures from native Italian tribes. Although this is considered the area of Latin tribes (the , there a marked similarity to another sandstone statue found Germany. </span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-29712265773169285462020-03-20T00:00:00.000-07:002020-06-07T15:24:23.968-07:00Mask of Agamemnon<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mask of Agamemnon is an artifact discovered at Mycenae in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann. </span></span><br />
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Mask of Agamemnon was named by Schliemann after the legendary Greek
king of Homer's Iliad. This mask adorned one of the bodies in the shaft
graves at Mycenae. Schliemann took this as evidence the Trojan War was a
real historical event</span></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the authenticity of the mask has been formally questioned. Archaeology magazine has run a series of articles presenting both sides of the debate </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The mask is currently displayed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">LYON, FRANCE—<i><a href="https://www.thelocal.fr/20171115/medieval-treasure-trove-discovered-by-archaeologists-in-france" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Local</a></i>
reports that a medieval treasure trove has been found near the Cluny
Abbey in eastern France. The excavation team, made up of researchers
from the University of Lyon II and France’s National Center for
Scientific Research, discovered the cache of twelfth-century coins while
looking for the corner of the abbey’s infirmary. Most of the 2,200
silver coins were issued by Cluny Abbey. The 21 gold coins, which had
been stored in a canvas bag, originated in the Middle East. Additional
gold items include a gold signet ring engraved with the word “Avete,” a
Latin greeting, and a folded piece of gold leaf. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team member Vincent
Borrel said that in their time, the items discovered would have been
able to purchase a six-day supply of bread and wine for the abbey. For
more, go to “<a href="https://www.archaeology.org/issues/207-1603/features/4157-arles-roman-wall-paintings">France’s Roman Heritage</a>.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-50814536478372509852016-05-09T00:00:00.000-07:002016-05-09T00:00:30.594-07:00Did the Mayans Fly Airplanes?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another great mystery that has caused many researchers to scratch their heads, are a group of 1,000-year-old gold pendants which have been unearthed within the Mayan ruins. These pendants measure just 150mm x 125mm in dimension, but they resemble objects that look almost exactly like modern-day airplanes. Some people debate the possibilities that these pendants are actually supposed to be flying insects or animals, but others bring up evidence that seems to prove that this is not the case. Airplanes, you see, require a part called a “vertical stabilizer”, which all of these pendants happen to feature, yet not a single animal on earth possesses. The question that remains is, “Could these aircraft actually fly?”<br />
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<a href="https://3dprint.com/59943/mayan-airplanes-3d-printing/">Read more</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-91735652742045037252016-04-26T10:27:00.005-07:002016-04-26T10:35:15.792-07:00Ancient Gold: Greek Gold Diadems<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greek Gold Diadem with Leaves, Carnelian Cabochons and a Horse with Rider, Panticapaeum, 3rd Century BC</td></tr>
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A diadem is a type of crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs and others as a badge of royalty. <br />
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The term originally referred to the embroidered white silk ribbon, ending in a knot and two fringed strips often draped over the shoulders, that surrounded the head of the king to denote his authority. Such ribbons were also used to crown victorious athletes in important sports games in antiquity.<br />
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impressive gold diadem with repousse rosettes and thin sheets applied
at the top. Grave III (Grave of the Women), Grave Circle A, Mycenae,
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High-ranking or wealthy Greek women often wore elaborate diadems and hairnets of gold and gemstones as part of their jewelry. Due to its protective quality, it also became important in marriage symbolism and was a common motif for women's jewelry of the Hellenistic period, and in royal Macedonian art more generally.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remarkable gold elliptical funeral diadems, leaves, wheels, cups,
earrings, pendants and pins from Shaft Grave III, "Grave of the Women",
Grave Circle A, Mycenae. 1600-1500 BC. National Archaeological Museum,
Athens.</td></tr>
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A diadem is also a jeweled ornament in the shape of a half crown, worn by women and placed over the forehead (in this sense, also called tiara).<br />
In some societies, it may be a wreath worn around the head. The ancient Persians wore a high and erect royal tiara encircled with a diadem. Hera, queen of the Greek gods, wore a golden crown called the diadem.<br />
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The shape of this diadem is very similar to the one found by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1876 in Grave Circle A Grave III at the palace of Mycenae except that diadem included seven spear shaped attachments that gave the impression of a sunburst. </td></tr>
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By extension, "diadem" can be used generally for an emblem of regal power or dignity. The head regalia worn by Roman Emperors, from the time of Diocletian onwards, is described as a diadem in the original sources.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This highly detailed embossed sheet of gold is a diadem from Mycenae that was crafted around 1600-1500 BC. <br /><br />It may be a funerary diadem ... “The headband is made of thin sheet gold and tapers at both ends. These durable objects decorated the hair of the living, but a diadem from Shaft Grave IV must have adorned the head of someone who had already died.”</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-69432890082657438362016-04-26T00:00:00.000-07:002016-04-26T09:35:03.031-07:00Treasures of the Sarmatians : Horse Cover<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Accomplished horse-breeders and horsemen, Sarmatians were nomadic Indo-European tribes closely related to the Scythians.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus describes Sarmatian tribesmen as “tall and handsome, their hair inclines to blond; by the ferocity of their gaze they inspire dread. They delight in danger and warfare.”</span></span><br />
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The 2,500-year-old Mogilanska Mound Treasure, also known as the Vratsa Gold Treasure, was found during the excavations of an Ancient Thracian burial mound in the downtown of Vratsa back in 1965.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a model reconstruction of the princess’s face based on the skull discovered in one of the Mogilanska Mound tombs created by renowned Bulgarian anthropologist Prof. Yordan Yordanov.</td></tr>
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In addition to the human and horse skeletons and the chariots discovered
in the mound’s three tombs, the archaeologists also found a treasure
consisting of a golden laurel wreath, 47 gold appliqués, 2 golden
earrings, 4 silver phialae, a silver jug, a rhyton-shaped amphora, and
50 clay figures.
The Mogilanska Mound is believed to have been a royal tomb of the ruling
dynasty of the Ancient Thracian tribe Triballi which inhabited the
region of Northwest Bulgaria more than 2,000 years ago.<br />
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The most valuable artifact from the Vratsa Gold Treasure is the golden
laurel wreath which decorated the head of an Ancient Thracian princess.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The golden laurel wreath worn by a Thracian princess from the Triballi
tribe which was discovered in the Mogilanska Mound in Bulgaria’s Vratsa<br />
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Another one of the most impressive items from the Vratsa Gold Treasure is a gold-plated silver greave (knee-piece) featuring the image of the Mother Goddess.<br />
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The forehead of the Mother Goddess depicted on the greave is decorated with a wreath, and her ears – with earrings.</div>
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Interestingly, the other decorations such as the golden earrings and the
golden laurel wreath found inside the Mogilanska Mound seem to mimic
the decorations depicted in the greave image of the goddess.<br />
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unique craftsmanship of the greave has led the archaeologists to
conclude that it was the work of a local Ancient Thracian craftsman. </div>
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Mother Goddess depicted on the greave wears a laurel wreath with gold
leaves and golden earrings that are just like the wreath and earrings
found inside the tomb of the Thracian princess. Photo: TV grab from BNT 2</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This gold-plated silver greave (knee-piece)</td></tr>
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The King Teres’ Gold Mask – a Masterpiece of the Thracian Craftmanship </h2>
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“This is a unique mask and it looks even better than the famous image of king Agamemnon”, said the archeologist prof. Kitov, who discovered it, referring to the mask of Agamemnon, gound by Schliemann in Mycenae.<br />
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It is a 2400-year-old life-size mask made of 23.5-carat gold and weighing 672 g (1.48 lb). The mask belonged to king Teres I (450 – 431 BC) and was unearthed in a mound at the Valley of the Thracian kings, Kazanlak region in August, 2004. The sensational archaeological discovery was made by Prof. Georgi Kitov (1943 – 2008) and his team. According to him, “There have been other gold masks discovered, but all of them are made of foil-thin gold. Gold masks with this shape and weight are absolutely unknown”. Besides the king Teres mask, the archaeologists excavated more than 130 precious items including jewelry, weaponry and ritual vessels.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden royal ring IV c. BC Gold ring ,dating from the IV c. BC, found in
a Thracian king's tomb near Zlatinitsa, Bulgaria The miniature scene of
his plate represents the Great Mother Goddess, skid glass of wine the
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Five golden earrings from the Thracian tombs in cemeteries Duvanlii (5-4 c. BC.) </td></tr>
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In a second mound nearby, called Golyamata Kosmatka (literally meaning “The Big Hairy”), Georgi Kitov chanced upon another treasure trove of 73 gold and silver pieces, including a gold wreath and horse trappings, a visor, gold ornaments of a sword and gold horse harness.<br />
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In addition, the archeologists also found a golden ring, apparently portraying an Olympic rower.<br />
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Dozens of Thracian mounds are spread throughout this Bulgarian region, which archaeologists have called ‘The Valley of the Thracian Kings,’ a reference to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, which is home to the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs.<br />
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As a result of all the archaeological discoveries made at the Valley of the Thracian Kings, Bulgaria has proposed that UNESCO should inscribe the Valley on its World Heritage List.<br />
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(Sources: Treasures Fit for the Kings, by Jumana Farouky, TIME magazine, May 29, 2005)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933922801574056.post-39643356637388423652016-03-29T12:28:00.000-07:002016-04-01T10:52:50.309-07:00THE TREASURE OF VALCHITRAN The Valchitran Treasure was discovered in 1924 by two brothers who were working in their vineyard near the village of Valchitran, 22 km southeast of Pleven, Bulgaria. The hoard consists of 13 receptacles, different in form and size and is dated back to 1300 BC, at the time of the Thracians.<br />
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Not only the shape of the following vessel itself, but also its intended purpose is very interesting. It is supposed that the Thracian king-priests used the vessels for religious rituals. More specifically rituals related to god Dionysus, worshiped by the ancient Greeks, as well as by the Thracians. <br />
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The triple vessel allows three different liquids to be poured in it, for
example wine, honey and milk, or only two different liquids to be
poured in the side (right and left) almond-shaped pieces, and when they
mix thanks to the tubes a certain result becomes visisble, used by the priests to tell the fortune watching the middle piece of the
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We can only guess what the purpose of the cymbal-like
items was. Were they really cymbals or were used as lids for another
vessels? Is their shape related to the sun cult or has another merely
practical explanation?<br />
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A very interesting fact regarding the small cups is that the master goldsmiths made them in such a way that they would stand in upright position only when filled with liquid. <br />
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Probably we will never find out the right answers to these questions but the Valchitran golden treasure gives us the opportunity to touch on antiquity in a unique and mysterious way. The treasure dates back to the end of the Bronze Age, i.e. to the 16th – 12th century BC.<br />
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It seems certain that the big, wide and relatively deep gold vessels were used to dilute and mix wine: the ancients used to mix wine, honey and milk in them when they were about to make effusions in honor of Dionysos.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The tomb, found in Pylos, on the southwest coast of Greece, has been hailed by the Greek ministry of culture as “the most important to have been discovered in 65 years in continental Greece.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The skeleton of the adult male was found this summer by a University of Cincinnati-led international team who was excavating what they initially believed was a Bronze Age house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Instead, they were presented with a spectacular find.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stretched out on his back, a skeleton lay on the floor of the grave. Weapons lay to his left, and jewelry to his right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This gold ring found in the warrior’s grave depicts Minoan imagery of a leaping bull. Four complete solid-gold seal rings to be worn on a human finger were found. This
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The remains were <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">literally</span> covered with objects. A bronze sword, with the ivory hilt covered in gold, was placed near the head and chest. Next to it was a gold-hilted dagger, while more weapons were found by the man’s legs and feet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The hilt of a Minoan sword found in the tomb, which was close to the surface but lay undisturbed for 35 centuries. “So many walked over it so many times, including our own team,” said Jack L. Davis, who with his wife, Sharon R. Stocker, has been excavating at Pylos for 25 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A plaque of carved ivory with a depiction of a griffon with huge wings lay between the man’s legs, and nearby was a bronze mirror with an ivory handle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Six ivory combs were discovered within the wealthy Mycenaean warrior's tomb. (University of Cincinnati)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Removed from the earth and cleaned, details of the chain, including finials in a “sacral ivy” pattern, become clear. A unique necklace of square box-shaped golden wires, more than 30
inches long with two gold pendants decorated with ivy leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spread around the head were over 1,000 beads of carnelian, amethyst, jasper, agate and gold. Four gold rings, and silver cups as well as bronze bowls, cups, jugs and basins were found nearby.</span></span></div>
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Hellenistic period, the lamp contained some agate stones that were part
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It is truly amazing that no ceramic vessels were included among the grave gifts. All the cups, pitchers and basins we found were of metal: bronze, silver and gold. He clearly could afford to hold regular pots of ceramic in disdain,” said Sharon Stocker who, along with husband Jack Davis, led the University of Cincinnati team.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stashed inside a niche, one of the spelunkers first spotted two ancient
silver coins.
On one side of the coins was an image of Alexander the Great, while the
other side portrayed Zeus sitting on his throne.
The archaeologists believe the coins had been minted in the late fourth
century BC at beginning of the Hellenistic Period during the reign of
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<span style="font-size: small;">Alongside the coins, the spelunkers found a small treasure trove: two
coins of Alexander of Macedon, three rings, four bracelets, two
decorated earrings, three other earrings, probably made of silver, and a
small stone weight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is one of more than four dozen seal stones
with intricate Minoan designs found in the tomb. Long-horned bulls and,
sometimes, human bull jumpers soaring over their horns are a common
motif in Minoan designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Archaeologists said the warrior society that developed on the Greek
mainland liked to show off its power through high-quality goods, like
Cretan sealstones and gold cups. The carvings on this carnelian seal
stone show three bulls reclining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Whoever he was, he seems to have been celebrated for his trading or fighting in nearby island of Crete and for his appreciation of the more-sophisticated and delicate are of the Minoan civilization, found on Crete, with which he was buried.</span></div>
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Read more at <a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-3500-year-old-warriors-grave-found-151027.htm">Discovery,</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/science/a-warriors-grave-at-pylos-greece-could-be-a-gateway-to-civilizations.html?action=click&contentCollection=Science&pgtype=imageslideshow&module=RelatedArticleList&region=CaptionArea&version=SlideCard-6">New York Times</a></span></div>
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A ceremonial Celtic helmet from c. 350 BC that was found in a cave near Agris, Charente, France, in 1981. It is a masterpiece of Celtic art, and would probably have been used for display rather than worn in battle. The helmet consists of an iron cap completely covered with bands of bronze. The bronze is in turn covered with unusually pure gold leaf, with embedded coral decorations attached using silver rivets.<br />
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<span class="mw-mmv-title"><br />Celtic helmet decorated with gold "triskeles", found in Amfreville-sous-les-Monts, France. 400 BC</span><br />
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<span class="mw-mmv-title">Golden Roman helmet found in village of Berkasovo (Srem, Serbia). Beginning of IV century AD. Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia </span><br />
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<span class="mw-mmv-title">Brass Corinthian helmet with laurel wreath finished in gold. Worn by the Kings Bodyguard/Basilikon Somatophylax. </span><br />
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In 1836 the archaeologists Archbishop Alessandro Regolini and General Vincenzo Galassi uncovered an intact tomb of a high-ranking Etruscan womanIn the western necropolis of Cerveteri, in the village of Sorbo. Following the discovery of the tomb’s spectacular treasures, which included hundreds of pieces of jewelry, all things Etruscan became fashionable in Europe. Italian goldsmiths, masters in the techniques of granulation and filigree work, developed neo-Etruscan style jewelry. <br />
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This grand gold fibula adorned with five tiny lions depicted striding across its surface, and a large 25 cm long plaque, decorated with depictions of animals of Eastern origin was one of the many gold items found in the tomb.The fibula has been acclaimed as masterful in technique.<br />
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Together with the fibula, this breastplate was worn by the deceased woman in the end cell who thus appeared to the amazed discoverers as literally covered in gold.<br />
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It consists of a single laminated sheet shaped and decorated with embossed work with a series of 16 different punches. The decoration is divided into strips that follow the margins, going around the central emblem, and are characterized by the serial repetition of the same motif. Starting from the outer strip we see the following series of illustrations: broken line; grazing male ibex; winged lion; chimera with two protomes; pegasus; rear view of lion; grazing deer; woman in a tunic with a palm frond; winged lion, winged woman, lion. In the central emblem: semicircular decorations with overlapping spirals and stems, winged lions, women with palms and four male figures, each holding the front paws of a pair of rampant lions.<br />
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Four of the eighteen fibulae from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb tomb that were probably used to fasten the shroud.<br />
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The arm bands came from the Regolini-Galassi tomb at Cerveteri. They were manufactured in the middle of the 7th century B.C., in the local area; each bracelet is made of a rectangular band of gold.<br />
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The central part of each bracelet is decorated with repeated scenes of three standing female figures, who hold a palm in each hand.<br />
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At each end, the bands are decorated with a more complex scene: two palms surround a woman who stands between two lions, each stretching out a front paw and leaning the other on her shoulder.<br />
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"Eventually the Fox board decided they wanted to see a rough cut of the movie — at the worst possible time.<br />
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The board [including Princess Grace of Monaco] came to the mix one night. We could only work at night because the mixing theater was busy during the day. We were supposed to mix at Warner Brothers and their big stage, and we got preempted by Clint Eastwood and his film [The Gauntlet]; he was a much bigger name at Warner Brothers than we were. Goldwyn didn’t have any time either, but the head of Goldwyn said, “Well, I could let you work at night, and we’ll pull in another crew.” So, we worked from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day. <br />
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The board came in when we were just finishing up the [very unusual at the time] Dolby stereo mix. They came at the beginning of our session, at 8 p.m. I don’t think we had any titles then. No end titles or anything.<br />
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The board sat there and watched the film, and at the end they got up and left, not a word. No applause, not even a smile. They just got up and left. We were really depressed. Stanfill came up to me right at the very end, he was the last one to leave. He said, “Don’t worry about them. They don’t know anything about movies.”<br />
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Terry Stanfill comments: "We remember the Sunday night Dennis called us into his office when he signed the go-ahead payment to begin Star Wars. Francesca has what we still call the :Star Wars desk. He thought it was important enough to call us in to watch--but who could have possibly imagined that it would have come to this!"<br />
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1963, in the Spanish town of Villena a, jeweler admired a similar
bracelet on the arm of on a young gypsy woman , When he examined the
heavy cuff more closely, he saw that it was pure solid and heavy gold,
weighing a pound. He summoned the director of Villena’s museum of
archaeology, Jose Maria Soler to investigate. The woman told him that
her husband had found it in a pile of sand being used to mix concrete. A
month later another gypsy woman was seen wearing a similar bracelet.<br /><br />She
insisted it was a family treasure but when Soler examined her
”heirloom” he saw that like the other bracelet, it bore fresh traces of
soil. Believing the gypsies had accidentally uncovered a prehistoric
find, the archaeologist obtained legal permission to confiscate both
pieces until their origin could be determined. Soon after, the husband
of the second gypsy, confessed he had found both while working a gravel
quarry and volunteered to help the archaeologists.<br /><br />Soler and his
team began to dig—but no luck. One day, when they were about to give up
for the day, one of the men discovered yet another heavy gold
bracelet which was soon followed by a huge pottery jar filled to the
brim with gold.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: NORMAL;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />An inventory of the jar revealed an impressive
haul: sixty eight separate pieces including five flagons, twenty-eight
bracelets and two sword handles. The total weight of the gold treasure
was over twenty-two pounds, the heaviest yet unearthed. One bracelet
alone weighed more than a pound. The jar had been so skillfully packed
that not an inch of space was wasted. This fact, plus the great depth
suggests that it was a king’s treasure which had been buried for
safekeeping. Evidence of fire in the soil around the spot indicated that
a building once stood there, perhaps a royal palace which was set
ablaze in the course of a battle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: NORMAL;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />The question is, what king?
Soler theorized it was one of the petty rulers in southern Spain during
the late Bronze Age and that, like other kings, he had his own private
army and goldsmith According to Homer, Mycenaean kings (of the same
period) ate from dishes of silver and gold. The golden bowls and flagons
were probably royal tableware.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christie’s London May, 2013 This magnificent Celto-Iberian bracelet estimated at $60,000-90,000 was the star lot, selling for ten times estimate at $804,780! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Found in Portalegre in Portugal, it is probably the only example of its type still in private hands. A similar piece was found in nearby Estremoz and is now in the National Museum of Madrid. This type of bracelet reflects the technological changes that occurred at the beginning of the Iron Age, -Tools made: new, high-temperature furnaces designed for iron production made it easier to melt large amounts of gold, and tools made of iron were sharper, more precise, and more durable than those of copper alloy with the new and sharper iron tools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Treasure of Villena (in Spanish Tesoro de Villena) is one of the greatest hoard finds of gold of the European Bronze Age. It comprises 59 objects made of gold, silver, iron and amber with a total weight of almost 10 kilos, 9 of them of 23.5 carat gold. This makes it the most important find of prehistoric gold in the Iberian Peninsula and second in Europe, just behind that from the Royal Graves in Mycenae, Greece.</span></span></div>
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A farmer made an amazing discovery more than 130 years ago in a field outside Vettersfelde (now Witaszkowo) Poland. He stumbled upon a great hoard of golden treasure, including dozens of ornaments dating back to the sixth century. But the precise location of the cache was forgotten and unknown to archaeologists until modern excavations revealed the site of the Vettersfelde Treasure. <br />
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around a central boss, and a smaller central disk. It might have been
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In 1882 the rich artifacts found by chance in the Province of Brandenburg were collected, and some now reside in Staatliche Museen’s Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) in Berlin. Archaeologists had been searching for the exact source of the discovery since World War II. However, it wasn’t until 2001 that investigations narrowed down and finally uncovered the exact location.<br />
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Above: Iron sword and sheath; the scabbard and the sword's hilt and pommel are covered with sheet electrum. The shape of the sword is unmistakably that of an akinakes, the typical Scythian sword. The lower half of the sheath, now lost, had an ornamental band of soldered gold wire, braided and beaded, that bordered double spirals;below this band was a pendent row of leaf-shaped loops. The upper part of the sheath is divided into four areas. The top has a nose and two cut-out eyes; the rounded bulge is decorated with a lion and a star rosette; the long narrow part is divided by a ridge into two fields; above, a leopard pursuing a boar, followed by a fish; below, a lion attacking a fallow deer, again followed by a fish. These animals resemble those on the big fish very closely.<br />
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As reported by Science and Scholarship in Poland (PAP), the hoard of animal-themed artifacts are presumed to be Scythian. The treasure weighed nearly 5 kilograms (11 pounds) and was comprised of many items, including; a fish-shaped plaque depicting a panther, board, lion, and deer; a dagger sheath detailed with fish, vultures and deer; animal-decorated golden discs thought to be part of a breast plate; pendants and jewelry; and a massive golden torc.<br />
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The Scythians were a nomadic people of Iranian descent who migrated from central Asia into southern Russia and eastern Europe. They founded a powerful empire in the region of what is now Crimea, and were well known for their skills in battle and their horsemanship.<br />
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The joint study in Witaszkowo, held by several research and archaeological institutions and headed by by Professor Zbigniew Kobyliński and Dr. Louis Daniel Nebelsick, found success in the long search.<br />
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“By analyzing archival documents preserved in Berlin museums and field work, archaeologists identified the original place of the treasure discovery. It is a field situated between the present villages Witaszkowo and Kozów,” reveals PAP.<br />
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Gold Scythian pectoral, or neckpiece, from a royal kurgan in Tolstaya Mogila, Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine, dated to the second half of the 4th century BC. The central lower tier shows three horses, each being torn apart by two griffins.<br />
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It is thought by researchers that the treasure represents items belonging to Scythian leaders who were killed while fighting the local people of the Lusatian culture, reports archaeology news site Past Horizons. However, the discovery of the hoard spurred a long scholarly debate as to why the artifacts were buried at the site, and by whom. <br />
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Excavations at the site revealed a ceremonial spring which was lined with stones. The surrounding area was topped with paving stones and a burnt area. The remains of a wooden bridge were also discovered.<br />
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Hundreds of bowls with omphalos (or navel-shaped indentations at the bottom) were found at the spring. They are said to be similar to ancient Greek ritual drinking vessels, of a type only found in Poland as funerary goods. The bowls were said to be filled with liquids and poured out as sacrifice to gods, and metallographic analysis of the gold artifacts showed they had been in fire, but were not used as everyday items.<br />
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Archaeologists also recovered unique glass beads, thought to have been crafted on the Black Sea.<br />
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Kobyliński and colleagues have published the results of their research in the book ‘Finding and contextualizing of the Vettersfelde / Witaszkowo Hoard’.<br />
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In the publication, the researchers theorize that the Scythians offered the treasure to local chiefs as gifts. It is their belief that the gifts were diplomatic offerings: “the Scythians not only destroyed and looted, but also tried to secure control of long trade routes by establishing good relations with the local population,” writes Past Horizons.<br />
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Kobyliński says, “This discovery allowed us to reject previously prevailing belief that the Witaszkowo [Vettersfelde] Treasure was the spoils of war captured by the local population during battle with Scythians invaders, or a Scythian chieftain’s grave.”<br />
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The steppes art typical of the Scythians was intricate and decorative, and composed of gold, wood, silver, bronze, iron, leather and bone. Motifs were often very detailed animal and human figures. Pieces were kept light and portable to suit their largely nomadic lifestyles. Elaborate hoards of goods have been found at burial mounds and ceremonial sites across Central Asia, southern Russia and Europe, now including the Vettersfelde Treasure in Poland.<br />
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<i>Examples of golden Scythian art. The treasure of Kul-Oba, Crimea, 400 to 350 BC. </i><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KulObaTreasure.jpg" target="_blank"><i></i></a></div>
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A successful conclusion to this enduring archaeological mystery is no doubt gratifying to the researchers and to those who appreciate learning more about the artisans, warriors and traders of the ancient past.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Featured Image: Scythian Golden Fish from the Treasure of Vettersfelde circa 500 B.C. Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Johannes Laurentius; CC NC-BY-SA</span><br />
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To the Merovingians, the bee was a most hallowed creature. A sacred emblem of Egyptian royalty, it became a symbol of Wisdom. Some 300 small golden bees were founded stitched to the cloak of Childeric I (son of Meroveus) when his grave was unearthed in 1653.<br />
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The Merovignian Bees influenced Napoleon, who, looking for a heraldic
symbol different from the fleur-de-lys, used them as an inspiration for
his own personal symbol and were incorporated into the Coat of Arms of
the new Napoleonic French empire. Napoleon had these attached to his own coronation robe in 1804. He claimed this right by virtue of his descent from James de Rohan-Stuardo, the natural son (legitimized in 1667) of Charles II Stuart of Britain by Marguerite, Duchesse de Rohan.<br />
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The Stuarts in turn were entitled to this distinction because they, and their related Counts of Brittany, were descended from Clodion’s brother Fredemundus – thus (akin to the Merovingians) they were equally in descent from the Fisher Kings through Faramund. The Merovingian bee was adopted by the exiled Stuarts in Europe, and engraved bees are still to be seen on some Jacobite glassware.”<br />
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“ …the Merovingian kings, from their founder Merovee to Clovis (who converted to Christianity in 496) were ‘pagan kings of the cult of Diana’.” The bees, which are a recurring symbol of the Merovingians are, in the Typhonian Tradition, represented frequently as the humming or buzzing sound that occurs before the appearance of the Great Old Ones or “beings” proper to this tradition.<br />
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The early Merovingians were fascinated by bees. The above gold pieces were discovered in the
Merovignian tomb of Childeric I, the father of Clovis, in 1653 by a
mason working on the reconstruction of the church of Saint-Brice in
Tournai, were several gold items including 300 golden bees.<br />
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