US EditionArchaeologists Found an Ancient Fossil That Doubled as a Sacred Roman Amulet
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Rare Fossil Was Made Into Roman Jewelry - Archaeology Magazine
A CIBDÁ DE ARMEA, SPAIN—An exceptionally rare amulet was unearthed at the Roman-era site of A Cibdá de Armea in Spain, according to a report by La Brújula Verde. Archaeologists working there found a small trilobite fossil—a type of marine arthropod that resembles a segmented beetle and went extinct 250 million years ago. Analysis of wear patterns and abrasions on its back indicated that it had been purposefully modified for likely use as a penda…
The mystery of the fossil of trilobites found in 2021 in the Roman city of Armea , located in the municipality of Allariz (Orense), has at last been untangled thanks to the joint work of archaeologists and paleontologists of the University of Vigo and the Complutense of Madrid, published in the magazine 'Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences '. It is the first known specimen of Roman times of this class of arthropods extinct for some 250 m…
Ancient Fossil Turned into Amulet Found at Roman Site in Spain
Computer simulations of the Armea trilobite specimen mounted for use as a personal ornament. Credit: Adolfo Fernández-Fernández / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered a 2,000-year-old fossil that was deliberately modified and likely worn as jewelry, offering rare insight into Roman-era beliefs about nature and spirituality. The ancient fossil amulet, discovered at a Roman settlement in Galicia, marks the first known case of a trilobi…
Fossils open doors to understand the oldest forms of life that reigned on Earth millions of years ago. The recent discovery of arthropods frozen in the stone in northern Spain provides clues to anthropologists about their use by populations of the Earth.
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