ARCHÆOLOGY A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES
JADE DOG
Alfred Correya, 66, rummaging recently in a chest of drawers in his garage in Taunton, Somerset, found a tiny jade dog. The amulet, made from tremolite-nephrite jade, is probably from the Liangzhu culture in southwest China (c.3400-2250 BC). It measures 63.1x19.9x20.8mm and is valued at £2-3 million. Jade dog amulets were often made and worn for protection, and those of the Liangzhu culture were among the finest. Alfred’s father, Indian gem dealer Wilfred Correya, emigrated to Britain with him in the 1960s and died in 2012 aged 96. Alfred suspects the amulet was buried with its owner before being stolen by grave robbers and sold as a trinket to his father in the 1950s. It could be the oldest jewellery dog in the world. www.ancient.eu, Sun, 29 Jan 2020.
MENHIRS OF CENTRAL FRANCE
Around 30 prehistoric menhirs and a
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