Kintok Discovered in Sweden – History Blog

A 2,000-year-old gold Torc was discovered in Trollhättan, Sweden. It consists of a metal core, and the wire is tightly wrapped around its full length. It has wide knob terminals, also comes with wire and six thick solid gold rings that are wrapped around the necklace at symmetrical intervals.

Tolk was discovered in Scandinavia. There are only two similar examples of gold in Sweden. One of them was found in Havorringen, stolen in 1986 and has never been recovered. Another is part of the holocaust found in the suburbs of Trollhättan in the 1990s. They are more common in the UK, Germany, Ireland and France, but are rare even made of gold.

What makes this artifact even better is that it may be produced domestically. Wire wrapped in the core is a process found in other countries. The Torc found in vittene is wrapped in thin gold wire, but this is not a normal wire. This is a complex herringbone pattern. Archaeologists still believe that there is a Golden Shoe Studio in the area that produces high-end works for local elites.

TORC was discovered during the expansion of the Aero-Wengine Manufaction facility in GKN Aerospace, Trollhättan. About 2 meters (6.5 feet) below the surface of the soil and sand, the golden flash blocked the excavator’s tracks. Archaeologists plan to return to the search location with metal detectors to see if there are any other discoveries.

(People who found the vittene torc in 1990 thought it was a weird curved curtain rod and kept curious for 5 years until someone told them it was actually gold, and they reported it to the traditional authorities. When archaeologists finally explored the site of the discovery in 1995, they explored the place where the discovery was found in 1995, and they found another golden object, plus silver jewelry and glass.

Now the necklace will be subject to metallurgical analysis to determine its composition. The mud that remains attached to it will also be analyzed in the laboratory to obtain information on its context stored 2,000 years ago. Analysis of the encapsulated mud should reveal the body of water at the site of discovery during sediment – lake, a stream, Gotha River.

Once the analysis is completed, the Tolk will be cleaned up, conserved and exhibited in a local museum.