Glimpse of Bronze Age girl’s daily life from hair, clothes

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Click Here to Read: Glimpse of Bronze Age girl’s daily life from hair, clothes By Michael Casey on the CBS NEWS website on May 21, 2015.

A photo of the remains of a Bronze Age high status female found inside an oak-coffin in a monumental burial barrow at Egtved, Denmark. The Egtved Girl’s garments are extremely well preserved and her exceptional wool costume consists of several wool textile pieces as well as a disc-shaped bronze belt plate, symbolizing the sun.
ROBERTO FORTUNA, WITH PERMISSION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK