Labrets are a kind of jewellery, which can be made of shell, bone, or stone, and is inserted into the lip as an ornament in some cultures. Continue reading Neolithic chic: 5,000 years ago body piercing fashion from the Arctic
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Hidden Images Revealed in Mexican ‘Manuscript’
Storytelling images on a deer-hide “manuscript” from Mexico have been seen for the first time in 500 years Continue reading Hidden Images Revealed in Mexican ‘Manuscript’
World’s Oldest Gold Artefact Found
6,500-year-old worked gold predates previous ‘oldest’
It may be just a tiny gold bead – 4 mm (1/8 inch) in diameter – but it is an enormous Continue reading World’s Oldest Gold Artefact Found