QUICK FACTS
Name: Caergwrle Bowl
What it is: A shale bowl with gold and tin decorations
Where it is from: Caergwrle Castle, in Wales
When it was made: Circa 1300 to 1150 B.C.
About 200 years ago, while digging in a boggy field in Wales, a worker struck a rare, ancient bowl shaped like a ship. The Caergwrle Bowl, named after a nearby castle, showcases the importance of nautical travel in Great Britain's Middle Bronze Age (roughly 1500 to 1000 B.C.).
