The 3,000-year-old objects, which were discovered in a burial pit containing cremated human remains, highlight Bronze Age people's craftsmanship and attention to appearance, experts say.
Archeologists in Wales have unearthed a glitzy, golden hair-ring and the oldest wooden comb ever found in the U.K. from a roadside burial pit dating back to the Bronze Age.
Eight narrow teeth remain on the comb. Wooden and other organic artifacts usually decompose rapidly in soil, but the fact that the comb was burned during the cremation may have saved it from disintegrating completely. The fine gold ring, which measures less than half an inch in diameter, displays an expertly crafted chevron and herringbone pattern and may have served to bedazzle hairstyles. In 2021, archeologists in Germany unearthed a similar hair ornament from a Bronze Age burial. At the time, researchers said the use of gold for the ring could indicate the high social status of the deceased.
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