IRON AGE TOMB OF WOMAN ADORNED WITH JEWELRY

The tomb of a woman dating back about 2700 years has been uncovered by archaeologists in France.

The woman, who is believed to have lived at the start of the Iron Age in the eighth century BC, was found adorned with jewelry which had been preserved over millennia.

"Inside the coffin, the deceased, a middle-aged woman, was laid on her back, arms beside her body, dressed and adorned with her jewelry," the archaeologists wrote in a statement about the discovery.

The tomb is 2.85 metres long and 1.1 metres wide and featured pottery placed next to the woman's head. (Inrap)
"An entire pottery vase was placed near and to the right of her head." The body of the woman was found wearing a bracelet on each wrist and a belt around her hips – something not seen in other burials at the site.

The adornments are blue and blue-green in color and made of glass beads and decorated with light-colored threads, alternating with a series of copper alloy beads