Treasure of Villena
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treasure-of-villena-164-4181739
title:
Treasure of Villena
text:
The Treasure of 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 kilograms, 9 of them of 23.5 karat 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. At least some of the iron artifacts were made of meteoric iron. The gold pieces include eleven bowls, thre
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Archaeological treasure trove found in 1963
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Villena
date created:
2009-12-05T11:20:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T19:29:59Z
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13
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16