October
12
/ 2019
Mined, melted and sculptured, adorning royalty and showcasing wealth and prestige, buried or lost in the earth for centuries, only to be excavated and exhibited and once more cast its seductive magic on the psyche of humans, Africa’s two most valuable gold artifact collections, have now found a permanent home in the recently launched Javett-UP Art center in the heart of Pretoria, South Africa. The ancient gold is exhibited in an impressive fortress-like tower, to protect it after another valuable archaeological gold collection, the Thulamela collection (1400 to 1700 AD) was stolen from the Stevenson-Hamilton Knowledge Resource Centre & Museum in the Kruger National Park in 2016. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"65949","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"408","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] The Javett-UP Art Centre featuring the Mapungubwe Tower on the right. Mapungubwe
