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Priam's Treasure and the Jewels of Helen 🏺 | Made from 16,000 individual pieces of gold, this extraordinary diadem was discovered at the site of ancient Troy and immediately attached to a story the world already knew. But it does not belong to Helen, Homer, or the Trojan War. It belongs to an earlier civilisation whose name has been lost. And whoever threaded every one of those 16,000 pieces by hand, four thousand years ago, remains unknown too. Sources: Priam's Treasure." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed 2025. "Lost Art: Homer's Troy and Priam's Treasure." The Art Newspaper. May 6, 2018. "The Treasures of Priam: Golden Riches from the Legendary City of Troy." Ancient Origins. April 27, 2024. "Priam's Treasure Hoard." MetalDetector. Accessed 2025. #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #greekmythology #theodyssey #historytok