The Mystery of the Mehrgarh Amulet

03.17.2018

Discovered in Pakistan in 1985, the Mehrgarh wheel amulet, 6000 years old, has long remained an enigma. Using new analytical techniques, a team of researchers has managed to unravel the secrets of the manufacturing process of this copper amulet, the first known object to have been made using lost-wax casting-a technique at the origin foundry arts.

About this video

Original title:

The Mystery of the Amulette

Production year:

2018

Length:

4 min 09

Director:

Cyprien Dalaise and Alice Pouyat

Producer:

CNRS Images

Speaker(s) :

avec la participation de

Benoît Mille
Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
Préhistoire et Technologie
CNRS / Université Paris-Nanterre

Matthieu Réfrégiers
Synchrotron SOLEIL

Mathieu Thoury
Loïc Bertrand
IPANEMA
CNRS / MCC / UVSQ / MNHN