Scientists revealed a secret of an origin of silver bracelets of the queen Hetepkheres of Ancient Egypt

Silver bracelets of the queen Hetepkheres, mothers of the well-known Pharaoh Cheops, long time caused disputes and debate among scientists. After all in Egypt at that time was not own silver mines, and to the middle of a bronze age this metal practically is not mentioned in the Egyptian written sources. But thanks to the carried-out isotope analysis, the international team of scientists under the leadership of the doctor Sovada Karyn, the archeologist from Universities Makkuori, could track a silver origin of which bracelets of the queen were made. The measured ratio of isotopes indicated leads ores, which...