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The Gold Room

Sweden has one of Europe’s richest collections of prehistoric gold and silver. Nearly 3,000 gold objects are kept here. Many of them can be seen in this exhibition. These precious things were often hidden in the ground, where they were found by servant girls and farmhands, smallholders, widows and rofters employed in agriculture and forestry. The state paid for the finds and they were sent to the History Museum.

12 places 19 min

301. Introduction

1:22 audio

302. Rich and Poor

1:12 audio

303. The Chieftain

1:28 audio

304. A New Age

1:36 audio

305. The Ring Treasure

1:11 audio

306. The Timboholm Hoard

2:04 audio

307. Royal Graves

1:43 audio

308. King Adil

2:18 audio

309. The Necklace from Färjestad

1:36 audio

310. Ritual Sacrifice

1:45 audio

311. Deities

1:14 audio

312. Spoils of the War

1:23 audio