When it was discovered on the Plateau de Diesse in October 2017, the Prêles bronze hand, considered to be a world-class find, caused quite a sensation. It allows us to travel back in time to a mysterious but highly evocative period: the Bronze Age. The discovery of bronze opened up a world of opportunities. It was a technological quantum leap that made people's lives easier and allowed them to engage in cultural exchange and long-distance trade in both goods and skills over vast distances.
However, the Bronze Age was more than just a period of creative advancement – the new material caused fundamental changes within society, inviting concepts such as wealth, power and oppression to become permanently established.
The subject opens up the area of conflict between a belief in progress and innovation on the one hand and their impact on society on the other. With the aid of loans from international museums and an eclectic programme of events, the exhibition will uncover the globalised world of the Bronze Age and bring it back to life.
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