Spanish plumber discovers 2,500-year-old gold necklaces (2 photos)

On August 29, Sergio Narciandi was repairing pipes in municipality of Kavandi (Asturias, northwestern Spain), when I noticed There is a golden necklace among the stones. Picking up the sparkling object, he realized that this is a torc - an ancient neck decoration that was usually worn by representatives nobility





Then Sergio discovered another piece of jewelry. The Spaniard reported their discovery to the authorities, and soon specialists from the Archaeological Museum of Asturias Maria Antonia Pedregal and Angel Villa, as well as professor University of Cantabria Pablo Arias Cabal.

“This find will reveal many secrets to us,” they said in an interview. newspaper El Pais researchers. - We will look into the history of the Iron Age, which has been hidden all this time. For the first time we know the exact origin two such valuable objects that were symbols of prestige in pre-Roman communities."



According to Angel Villa, these artifacts are extremely important, since they allow us to learn a little more about the customs of that time, it technology, culture and social organization.

Archaeologists believe that the age of the jewelry is unlikely to exceed 2500 years. Torques were usually made from expensive materials, most often they were worn by Celtic and Germanic nobility.

"Both products concentrated in themselves all the techniques that jewelers of that time used: casting, filigree, graining and welding, in combination with aesthetic and geometric motifs and styles. Thanks to which we can begin to study other products, in the authenticity of which we were not sure," the expert said.