7/7/2023 0 Comments Pharaoh jewelryThe team behind the discovery published their findings earlier this fall in the journal Science Advances. Surveyors first found the cave in 2004, and initial excavations had been conducted in 20. Made from half-inch-long sea snail shells, the 33 beads turned up during excavations conducted between 20 near the mouth of Bizmoune Cave, about 10 miles inland from the coastal city of Essaouira. In a cave in the western Morocco desert, archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest jewelry: a set of shell beads dated from 142,000 and 150,000 years ago.
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