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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

What Are They???

Hmmmm - those two "eyes" staring out at me across the millennia?  Fascinating.

From People's Daily Online
20,000 years artificially drilled specimen found in Henan
17:19, November 22, 2010

On Nov. 21, the archeological team from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage discovered two ostrich eggshells with stone-drilled holes that date back 20,000 years ago at the Xuchang primitive ruins.Experts from the team said that the two ostrich eggshells were the earliest artificially stone-drilled specimens that were ever found in Henan Province and the best-preserved specimens found in China over the age of 10,000 years, which showed that the primitive craftsmanship had developed to a quite high level even at that time. (Photo by Yufen/Chinanews.com)

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