A prehistoric settlement located in Ebreichsdorf, Austria, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of Vienna, has yielded an archeological discovery of a lifetime—an extraordinarily rare golden bowl with a sun motif was found in what was once likely a place of worship near a swamp some three millennia ago.
The culture who once kept this bowl are known for the urn fields they left behind related to their cremation funeral rites, and lived in the Middle to Late Bronze Age, the researchers said. The golden bowl, found shallowly buried in a prehistoric dwelling, displays an intricate sunray decoration and is made of very thin sheet metal, believed to be composed of 90 percent gold, 5 percent silver, and 5 percent copper.
