Sun chariot, one of the most famous Bronze Age artifacts from Denmark.
The sun chariot depicts a horse-drawn, six-wheeled wagon in cast bronze with
a gold-covered sun disk that displays a spiral motiff. This is a small-scale
model of a vehicle that was presumably used for ceremonial purposes. Full-size
artifacts of similar vehicles have been found. The artifact is about 50 cm long.
It dates from the older Bronze Age, about 3000-3800 years ago (Rud 1979).
© National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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