Gold hair ring buried in the tomb of a 6,500-year-old woman

• Archaeologists have found a Copper Age gold ring, bead and bracelet in Romania.
• Gabriel Moissa, director of the museum, said the jewelry was buried with the burial of an “extremely wealthy” woman.
• 169 The extremely rare gold rings were designed to be worn in women’s hair, archaeologists say.

Archaeologists in Romania have discovered a rare cache of ancient gold rings that a 6,500-year-old woman wore in her hair.

A tray containing 169 gold rings, 800 bone beads, and a decorated twisted copper bracelet from a Copper Age grave was discovered by the team of the Ţării Crişurilor Museum in Orada, Romania.

The jeweled burial is next to that of a “very rich” woman, museum director Gabriel Moisa said, according to Romanian newspaper Agerpress.

Archaeologists identified the remains as female based on the size of the skeleton and the fact that she was buried without any tools. The skeleton indicated that she was tall and well-nourished, and provided further evidence that her teeth were in excellent condition.

The finds date back to the Bronze Age, 6,500 years ago. The project’s chief archaeologist, Calin Gemische, described the find as a “stunning find” and said, “Such a treasure no longer exists in Central and Eastern Europe,” according to Artinet News.

The museum wants to know more about the woman whose treasure was buried. The bones were sent to the Marosvasarelli and Holland Laboratories for carbon dating and DNA testing.

“We want to know what kind of culture the person had and whether the rings were made of gold from the Transylvanian islands,” said Moissa.

The group’s excavations took place from March to June 2022.

In 1999, following the remarkable discovery of a Copper Age burial, other excavations on a new highway under construction in Romania have uncovered remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Roman Empire and the Middle Ages. Museum’s Facebook.