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In 1950, five years after Brigadier Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler married (third time), Margaret Norfolk, gave his wife of seven channels of unique bronze metal necklace of great antiquity. The couple was visiting then in Simla. This is the beautiful mountain resort in northern India, where they had been married for five years. Margarita proudly showed the necklace to a close Indian friend explained that Mortimer believes that the necklace would bring good luck. "Third time lucky!" Mortimer was what he had said that when he gave the necklace with reference to his two previous marriages Tessa who died in 1936, and Mavis de Vere Cole, who had divorced in 1942 for the mistake. Later, in 1954, Mavis has also served a prison sentence, having acquired a reputation for shooting Mr. Vivian in the abdomen with a pistol.
Two years later, in 1952, after Mortimer was knighted, Margaret (for reasons unknown) to have the necklace to his girlfriend India. The Cree Indian Lady Margaret cherished a superstition that the device does not leave the subcontinent. "It is fortunate for him and Leslie. I think she has met his goal," said Margaret was all. Mortimer Leslie Alcock was an assistant on the excavation site of Mohenjo Daro (Moen-jo-Daro Sindhi for "the hill of death") when it was discovered the necklace.
Mortimer said this discovery, the seal must have been the property of Pakistan Department of Archeology, with the figures of the dancer and the king-priest (Brahmin), pottery, toys, stamps, tools, weapons and other such objects discovered in Mohenjo Daro. Today, it is a private possession of a family in Simla.
What is unique about this necklace is that it is at least 4500 years, with Mortimer Wheeler has discovered in an earthen pot in REM 1 "attic" area of the excavations at Mohenjo Daro Indus Valley civilization, now in Pakistan.
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The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro was built around 2600 BC and is believed to have been abandoned before 1900 AD. Even by conservative estimates of the age of the cervix is more than 3900 years, but according to Mortimer more likely to be close to 4500 years to from fragments of pottery and the level of excavation has been discovered. This places it among the oldest adornments in the world. The necklace has an S-shaped brooch with seven chapters, each more than 4 feet long, bronze, metal balls as chip connecting each arm of the "S" watermark. Each account is less the size of a grain of pepper and has many facets. Each channel has between 220 and 230 grains is about 1600 pips in total. The necklace weighs 250 grams. A article on this necklace has been reported in the Hindu newspaper in India, dated January 13, 1996. In 2002, a prize of £ 80,000 offered to the collar by a collector private in the United Kingdom. Since your property to date had not been claimed by Pakistan, which had hoped to buy the necklace former for his personal collection, but the old Indian lady refused to part with them.
The Necklace of Mohenjo Daro were exhibited during the festival Dubai in 2006 and recently in an exhibition of Antiquities in New Delhi, raising once again the speculation that may be available for purchase. For reasons of convenience the owner's name was withheld.
Muskan Singh
Journalist
Shimla
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