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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Phoenician bling

Another in PaleoJudaica's series on ancient bling:
A golden exhibit for Spain

February 4, 2012 • Lead, Sevilla • 4 Comments (The Olive Press)

IT has been kept locked away for years, with the public only having seen it five times since it was first discovered.

But now an ancient hoard of gold jewellery has gone on permanent display at the Archaeological Museum in Sevilla.

The so-called Carambolo Treasure is made up of 21 elaborately worked 24-carat gold pieces that together weigh almost three kilos.

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Nice bracelet.

More bling here and links. Also, just possibly, here (with more links here).