Archeologists find Royal Thracian Mask

[Oaty]

Really nice find, i dunno how someone would wear that mask though looks awkward, and lacks another ear ~:p

It does look nice but considering how old it is and how flexible gold is it is probably warped from being buried under the ground. To me that face does look a bit smashed in

[Leet Eriksson]

It does look nice but considering how old it is and how flexible gold is it is probably warped from being buried under the ground. To me that face does look a bit smashed in

I didn't know gold could be warped under pressure

I have limited knowledge of the thracians in 400 BCE, but IIRC the Thracians were never united, the ones situated around bulgaria where the most powerful i think, there were three or 4 dominant tribes, can't recall the names correctly, one managed to unit them for a brief period of time but they didn't hold it for long.

I was wondering if the gold mask was made to honour this king? that is if gold was of any value at that time..

[discovery1]

I was wondering if the gold mask was made to honour this king? that is if gold was of any value at that time..

Likely. Gold looks nice, well most think it does. That and it doesn't react to much. 02 included, only some rare acids. And I don't know if they occur in nature. It also is very easy to manipulate and can be made thinner than any other metal.

OT, the mask is rather impressive. Didn't Alexander the Great say that if the Thracian tribes ever unted they could conquer the world?

[Mount Suribachi]

I didn't know gold could be warped under pressure

As discovery1 said, it is very malleable and can be hammered very thin - we're talking a few atoms thin. If you look at the windshield on some jet fighters you can see it has a kind of oily sheen. This is a sheet of gold so thin you can see through it, placed between 2 sheets of the canopy glass. An electrical current is then passed through the gold sheet which heats up and de-mists/de-ices the windshield. OT I know, but I think its interesting