Sarmizegetusa Regia a Dachian hexagonal mold

Sarmizegetusa Regia a Dachian

hexagonal mold

The surface is engraved with a negative pattern of mythical creatures such as griffins lions and tigers showing the Mediterranean influence of the Dacian people Geto-Dacian Bronze Hexagon Matrix This artifact over 2,000 years old is a hexagonal bronze mold 5 centimeters thick and weighing approximately 8 kilograms. It was used for pressing or casting precious metals such as gold and silver to make jewelry or decorative items in ancient times. It was discovered in 2013 at the Sarmizegetusa Regia archaeological site in Romania.

A hexagonal bronze artifact of the Dacian civilization over 2,000 years old from the ancient capital of Sarmizegetusa Regia Romania. /photo credit : tarbuyotolami

Sarmizegetusa Regia perched on a mountaintop in the Orasty Mountains, features a structure resembling a clock and a square fortress built from massive stones. The hexagonal walls, with their irregular sides have an unusual shape raising questions about whether there were seven or eight square temples. Given the Dasians' knowledge of geometry and astronomy from the Hellenistic Greeks along with the invention of the "Andesite sun" the most mysterious structure in this area may have been a temple or a large circular calendar seemingly used as a clock.

Sarmizegetusa Regia is an octagonal bronze mold with intaglio reliefs surrounding a large central lion figure depicting various mythical creatures such as lions griffins and dragons. It was found beneath the roots of a tree felled by a storm. The legendary capital of the Dasian kingdom Sarmizegetusa Regia on a mountaintop in the Orasty Mountains is famous for its ruins of a fortress sacred sites, and a stone circle often compared to the Stonehenge of Romania before its destruction by the Roman Empire.