Unprecedented exhibition brings collectively 6 gold crowns from Silla Kingdom, together with one from Cheonmachong, a duplicate of which was offered to US President Donald Trump
The Gyeongju Nationwide Museum will restrict the variety of day by day guests to an unprecedented exhibition displaying six gold crowns found within the royal tombs of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC-AD 935) in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.
“Silla Gold Crowns: Energy and Status,” organized to coincide with APEC 2025, opened to the general public Sunday, with a protracted line forming exterior earlier than the museum opened at 10 a.m.
The state museum introduced Sunday that the variety of guests could be restricted to 2,550 per day, with 150 individuals per viewing session. Tickets might be distributed on the museum from 9:20 a.m., with guests admitted each half-hour.
The gold crowns on present are often held by completely different museums throughout Korea, and have been introduced collectively in a single place for the primary time. Additionally among the many 20 gold artifacts on view are six belts. The exhibition runs by way of Dec. 15.
One of many six crowns within the exhibition is a delegated Nationwide Treasure excavated in 1973 at Cheonmachong, that means “tomb of heavenly horse,” derived from a mural discovered contained in the tomb. A duplicate of the crown made utilizing gold was offered to US President Donald Trump on Wednesday by South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung, drawing worldwide consideration to the artifact.
The traditional Silla Kingdom is usually referred to as the “Golden Kingdom,” identified for its gold artifacts that surpass these of Goguryeo and Baekje, the 2 different kingdoms of Korea’s Three Kingdoms interval, which ran for about 700 years beginning within the late first century BC.
The primary gold crown was found in 1921 at Geumgwanchong, a tomb in Noseo-dong, throughout a development venture. Estimated to have been made within the fifth century, the gold crown, additionally designated a Nationwide Treasure, is thought to be the main instance of Silla’s gold crowns.
