O.M.G!!! A mind blowing day for me yesterday, when I got to finally see items that I had only seen as book illustrations. I would have been happy to set up home in the Prehistory rooms . Do many wonderful things from fabulous worked flints that must have taken many many hours to perfect. Amber necklaces from amber found on the Baltic coast. Wonderful little animals carved from chunks of golden and cherry amber. The replicas of the wonderful golden horns which were found in the 1600s and melted down!!! Sacrilege. Fortunately someone drew all the symbols on them and so they have been forever lost.
Then, this...
The stunning Bronze Age Sun Chariot.
One of the copies of Runestones from Gotland.
A bevy of Carnyx, rescued from Bogs. Blown in battle.
Amber...
The star of the show - the wonderful stunning Gundestrop Cauldron. I stood by this for quite a while, just committing it to memory. I can remember Dr Jennifer Foster lecturing about this and being so envious the shd had been to see it.
Pottery with eyes, which reminded me of the chalk shapes with eyes found on Salisbury Plain.
Today we travel on to Silkeborg and the Museum with the bog bodies...
Such a glorious collection. I would have loved to have been there with you!
ReplyDeleteYou would have had to put up wya running commentary!!
DeleteWonderful photos! Looking forward to seeing more after your visit to Silkeborg/Tollund man. This is going to be the most memorable holiday for you. Charmaine
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting decades to see the archaeology in the Museum yesterday. Tomorrow it will have ended 56 years if being patient :)
DeleteIt looks fascinating, enjoy every moment
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
I am, believe me.
DeleteWow, how amazing these things are. The cauldron reminds me of one in a old tale that brings the dead back to life. And all that amber!
ReplyDeleteYes, there is a picture of a God putting a man face down into a cauldron and doing just that.
Deleteso different to see the real objects..even replicas
ReplyDeleteYes. Absolutely. It was so wonderful 😊
DeleteThank you for sharing this, I have ancestors from Gotland.
ReplyDeleteI am apparently 8% Danish and Gabby has that and 6% of her dad's Norwegian blood. The latter from around 1700 I believe.
DeleteThere is some wonderful stuff there. Absolutely fascinating.
ReplyDeleteYes, we were a bit over-cultured towards the end though :)
DeleteThere is nothing more spine tingling wonderful than seeing something you have longed to see forever. I felt the same when I got to visit the Hopi people and their cliff dwellings in Arizona. Experiences like these are worth every penny saved by eating bread and cheese for six months.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating place to visit.
DeleteNever realised you had gone there, I spent a couple of days working over there but never saw any of the place. Do like the Carnyx. I spent the day church worrying from Cwmyoy , Kilpeck to Grosmont, had to give upon Garaway after 7 churches I was knackered
ReplyDeleteGoing to try two more tomorrow the back home to Oxfordshire. Hope you have a good holiday
Garway will still be there next time. Have you been to nearby Bacton or amazing St Margaret's with it's lacey wooden rood screen?
DeleteYep they were two I went to visit.
DeleteAdded our list of things to see! Husband has his heart set on going to the Tivoli Gardens.
ReplyDeleteI love Amber. We did a tour of an Amber production factory in Klaipeda two years ago.
We walked past the Tivoli gardens on the way to and from the Museum. I have amber earrings ,,- I must get my already reported ear repriced again...
DeleteI think I could have spent the entire day gazing at all those wonderful objects.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Yes, it took us nearly all day to get round.
DeleteYou saw the Gundestrop Cauldron isn't it a marvel. I remember when we saw the Celtic Exhibition at Stuttgart seeing it and being overwhelmed by it. There was also a great sandstone figure that I couldn't take my eyes off as well. But we were not allowed to photograph in the museum.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think to ask and no-one stopped me! I stayed by the cauldron a while and was really drawn back to it. SO much a fusion of cultures and beliefs.
DeleteTalking of which, Gabs and I were in the Thai restaurant and instead of centaurs with horses, they have them with chicken bottom halves!!! How peculiar :)
DeleteThose horns are something else
ReplyDeleteAren't they just? Go to Youtube and try and catch one being blown. Wow!
DeleteGlorious.
ReplyDeleteIt was worth waiting a lifetime to see.
DeleteWhat a feast of wonderful things! I get all overcome in the British Museum, but there you are not allowed to photograph in the Jewellery displays. Were you allowed to, or did you just get away with it? Thank you for sharing your trip. I'm loving it!
ReplyDeleteI have never been there, but perhaps later this year? Glad you have been enjying the trip.
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