Gold From Age of Iron
I wanted to share some of the history of the Torc or Torque (if you are French or British!)
Oxford Dictionary defines the following:
For our purposes, I will refer to these ancient neck pieces of jewelry as a "Torc".
Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland acquired this very orngate pre-Roman gold neck torc, photo’d above shown on March 21 2010. The torc dates from between the third and first century B.C.
This amateur metal detector named David Booth found the treasure on his first time out just seven steps from his car!!!! Booth was searching in Stirling, in central Scotland, when he made the discovery. This one pictured above is an intricate design made of fine wires twisted together and was proposed to be made by "someone trained in the Greek or Roman world," according to the National Museum. The torc find is valued at £462,000 (U.S. $741,000)
These torcs found above were found in West Yorkshire, or Leeds in November 2011. The torcs' finders were Andrew Green and Shaun Scott, on separate occasions, but within metres of one another in the bed of a stream at Towton near Tadcaster. Towton is a place where a huge bloody battle took place in March 29 1461 for the monarchy where Englishman fought against Englishman. It has a very famous English history as the scene of the bloodiest conflict ever to take place in this country, during the Wars of the Roses. It is said that 28,000 men died that day.
It is believed that these may have belonged to one of the Inceni Tribes from Norfolk. These torcs are temporarily on display at the Yorkshire Museum at York where the town is now trying to raise £60,000 to keep the Iron Age torcs, or bracelets on permanent display.
I wanted to share some of the history of the Torc or Torque (if you are French or British!)
Oxford Dictionary defines the following:
Torc: a neck ornament consisting of a band of twisted metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons. French: from Latin torques, from torquēre: to twist
Torque: A twisting Force such as would lead to a cause in rotation. Often used by a mechanic.
Photograph by David Cheskin, PA Wire/AP |
Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland acquired this very orngate pre-Roman gold neck torc, photo’d above shown on March 21 2010. The torc dates from between the third and first century B.C.
This amateur metal detector named David Booth found the treasure on his first time out just seven steps from his car!!!! Booth was searching in Stirling, in central Scotland, when he made the discovery. This one pictured above is an intricate design made of fine wires twisted together and was proposed to be made by "someone trained in the Greek or Roman world," according to the National Museum. The torc find is valued at £462,000 (U.S. $741,000)
These torcs found above were found in West Yorkshire, or Leeds in November 2011. The torcs' finders were Andrew Green and Shaun Scott, on separate occasions, but within metres of one another in the bed of a stream at Towton near Tadcaster. Towton is a place where a huge bloody battle took place in March 29 1461 for the monarchy where Englishman fought against Englishman. It has a very famous English history as the scene of the bloodiest conflict ever to take place in this country, during the Wars of the Roses. It is said that 28,000 men died that day.
It is believed that these may have belonged to one of the Inceni Tribes from Norfolk. These torcs are temporarily on display at the Yorkshire Museum at York where the town is now trying to raise £60,000 to keep the Iron Age torcs, or bracelets on permanent display.
7 comments :
Wow! This was so informative! Thanks for sharing. Gorgeous modern choices as well. I LOVE the last torc on the page. Its amazing.
Great info about jewelry and history! Lovely designs!
This is a great blog, Deb, & you've found some super photos. Well done!
Great post and very informative, Deb. Well done.
fascinating! I love learingin about jewelry discoveries in archaeology - and these are such beautiful ancient & modern examples~
Wowza! Fantastic info and jewelry!
Great blog post! So interesting!
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