Wednesday, 19th December 2007 (1217 views)

An exhibition at Washington's Smithsonian Sackler Gallery is introducing Georgian gold to a wider audience, it has been reported.

The Georgian Times states that early December saw the beginning of the Georgian Season programme at the museum, which includes the Golden Graves of Ancient Vani exhibition.

Featuring gold ornaments dating from the fifth to the third centuries BC, the artefacts were said to express the heritage of Georgia.

The exhibit has toured Europe also, impressing attendees in Berlin, Nitsa and Paris.

And the curator of the Alte Museum in Berlin Gertrude Plats was reported to have told Tagesspiegel that the ornaments "were made with pure gold and such highly sophisticated techniques that it undoubtedly signifies a great culture in Georgia".

Among the works on display is said to be a gold sculpted torso of a young man that dates back to the second century BC.

Located in the south-east of the USA, Georgia was one of the original 12 colonies that rebelled against British rule.

 

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