14 DAY TRIAL // 500 Stonehenge-era artifacts, 30 of which are made of gold, are scheduled to go on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, England, this Monday.
By the looks of it, this collection is the largest of its kind to have ever been put on public display in this country, This Is Wiltshire tells us.
Archaeologists explain that, according to evidence at hand, it is likely that some of the items that the public can now have a look at were once worn by priests, maybe even ordinary folks, that came to worship at Stonehenge.
“Stonehenge is an iconic monument – but this is the first time that such a wide range of high status objects from the spectacular burials of the people who used it, has ever been put on permanent display,” David Dawson, the director of the Wiltshire Museum commented on the opening of this exhibit.
“Many of the items may well have been worn by Bronze Age priests and chieftains as they worshiped inside Stonehenge itself. Axes and daggers on display in the new purpose-built galleries are identical to images of weapons carved into the giant stones of Stonehenge itself,” he added.
Besides axes and daggers, this new exhibit features gold beads, necklaces, earrings and pendants. Bits and pieces of ancient textiles are also on display.