Trundholm sun chariot
Late Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trundholm sun chariot (Danish: Solvognen) is a Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark. It is a representation of the sun chariot, a bronze statue of a horse and a large bronze disk, which are placed on a device with spoked wheels.
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Material | Bronze |
Created | Nordic Bronze Age, c. 1500-1300 BC |
Discovered | 1902 Odsherred, Denmark |
Present location | National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen |
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The sculpture was discovered with no accompanying objects in 1902 in a peat bog on the Trundholm moor in Odsherred in the northwestern part of Zealand, (approximately 55°55′N 11°37′E). It is now in the collection of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.[1] It is featured on the 1000-krone banknote of the 2009 series.[2]