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Monday, December 1
December 1, 2008

A necklace of amber beads thought to be 4,000 years old has been unearthed in a cist tomb in northwest England. “[Amber is] associated with burials in the prehistoric period but it’s not readily available, the nearest source is in the Baltic [region],” said Vicky Nash of the Mellor Archaeological Trust. A dug-out wooden boat […]

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