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Amber Necklace
Read moreLady with the Amber Necklace A stunning amber necklace, finely decorated gold plaque, gold pendant and a string of drum-shaped beads are among the precious
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Bush Barrow Lozenge
Read moreThis man, buried close to Stonehenge, was given Britain’s richest Bronze Age burial in around 1950 BC. Described as a ‘stout and tall man’, he
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Tourmaline axe-head
Read moreVolunteer Olly gives us an insight into one of his favourite objects in the Museum... This beautiful artefact is a perforated axe-head of tourmaline granite,
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Upton Lovell Shaman
Read moreBuried in a barrow at Upton Lovell, the Shaman was a metalworker and religious leader, in touch with the spirit world. He was buried in
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Wiltshire’s Grape Cups
Read moreThe Museum has in its collection several small pottery vessels that belong to a category of small ceramic containers found with Bronze Age burials, known
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Bush Barrow dagger
Read moreThis dagger was buried with the Bush Barrow Chieftain who died in about 1950BC. The blade is made of bronze but the pommel is one
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Musical instrument made from human tibia
Read moreA human thigh bone, crafted into a musical instrument. Found with a male Bronze Age burial at Wilsford, close to Stonehenge. Radiocarbon dating of this
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First use of a trowel in Archaeology – Bush Barrow
Read moreWhen asked about the first use of a trowel by an archaeologist, we had to tell the fascinating story of the excavation of Bush Barrow,
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Roundway Archer
Read moreBeaker from Roundway Down. A 3D model of the Roundway Beaker is featured on the BBC Civiliations Augmented Reality App – available for modern smartphones
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Long-necked Beaker
Read moreThis Beaker was buried with a skeleton under a barrow just to the North of the Cursus near Stonehenge. The Beaker is carefully decorated with
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Barbed and tanged arrowheads
Read moreArchery was important in the earliest part of the Bronze Age. Many of the barrows in the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site were built
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Bush Barrow – gold studs
Read moreThe Bush Barrow Chieftain died in about 1950BC and was buried under a barrow on top of a ridge looking down over Stonehenge. He was
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Stonehenge Cup – replica made by Josiah Wedgwood
Read moreThis is a replica of a miniature vessel or incense cup found with a cremation burial excavated from a barrow close to Stonehenge. The burial
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Stonehenge dagger
Read moreExquisite flint dagger, known as the Stonehenge dagger, dating to the early Bronze Age, about 2,300 – 2,000 BC. The dagger is a masterpiece of
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