Detecting human bones in 2,000-year-old bronze drum

The authorities have just discovered a bronze drum dating from about 2,000 to 2,500 years at the coffee field of Mr. Do Van Ninh's family, Dien Bien 3 village, Ea Kmut commune, Ea Kar district, Dak Lak.

The 12th bronze drum was discovered in Ea Kar district (Photo: Dak Lak Online)

This is the 12th bronze drum discovered in Dak Lak since the first copper drum was discovered in M'Drak district in April 1996. This 12th drum is 51cm tall, face diameter 67cm, body diameter 72cm, typical shape of late I-Hebrew drum. When discovered, the drum has broken off the face and body; The whole body covered with a thick layer of copper rust.

Although the surface with the body and body was broken, it covered a thick layer of copper, but through the size, drum shape and the very thinness of the whole drum, it was confirmed that the drum was successfully cast and reached. the peak of the profession.

In particular, people also discovered human remains in the drum with the skull, shoulder and hand bones in a kind of circle springs with many rings - jewelry styles still found popular among native residents for years. before and at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Currently, the drum has been taken back to the Dak Lak Provincial Museum.