Saturday, November 22, 2008

Picture of the Torc

I blogged here about a golden torc (collar) found in a treasure trove in UK recently, but unfortunately there was no accompanying photo; that is now remedied, thanks to The Times of London.

Here's the pic:



The torc is not pure gold, but instead made of an alloy of gold and silver known as electrum, which was common in ancient times. It's truly a stunning find.

update: I misspelled torc as torque. *hangs head in shame*

2 comments:

Ronsonic said...

I was blaming your spell-checker.

Bob said...

It bugs me, I've always been a pretty good speller. I have a tendency to get cocky, though, and think I know more than I really do.