When it was made: Between 9600 and 4100 B.C. This unique carved amber bear was discovered in northern Poland by workers digging for peat in 1887. An ancient hunter likely wore it as a protective charm ...
Although at first glance its appearance may remind us of a tasty gummy bear, the so-called Bear of Słupsk is actually an amulet that is about 3,000 years old. It was discovered in a peat bog near the ...
Aurochs bone hammer, Ryemarksgård. Credit: Lennart Larsen / National Museum of Denmark The study emphasizes that this void cannot simply be attributed to the loss of artifacts over time. On the ...