Were Silla Gold Crowns Actually Worn on the Head, or Were They Death Masks Covering the Faces of the Deceased? Researchers’ ...

The trove of grave goods includes diadems and gold mouthpieces and show merchants on Cyprus were extremely well-connected ...

I was struck by the crowds from across the country who lined up in front of the Gyeongju National Museum during my recent visit, even before it opened for the day, eager to see the Silla gold crowns.

A surge of interest in gold crowns from the Silla Dynasty (57 B. C.–A. D. 935) — fueled in part by a replica presented last year to U.S. President Donald Trump — has drawn hundreds of thousands of ...