A woman from the US has recreated a bronze age necklace discovered in Wiltshire from just photos.
Caitlin Lee saw the pictures of the ancient necklace on the Wiltshire Museum websiteA woman who lives more than 4,000 miles away from Wiltshire has recreated an ancient necklace from the county.is more than 3,500 years old and came from a burial eight miles from Stonehenge.
"I saw the necklace, and I was just entranced at how incredible ancient jewellery makers were," she said.The grave is part of an exhibit at Wiltshire Museum called Lady with the Amber Necklace.Image source,The exhibit at Wiltshire Museum shows what the woman was buried with, including the necklace and gold
Other members of her craft-loving family also got involved, she was able to mimic the original's material using some of her mum's resin and a toothpick to swirl it to get an amber effect. She is unsure about calling it a direct replica because she has only ever seen the original in pictures.
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