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Sheepskin Coats with rhinestones in the stone age – The real history of Russia 30,000 years ago. Sunghir

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Burials at Sunghir, Russia

26,000 years old.

1 man, approx. 60 yo

2 adolescents. ~12/13 yo boy and 9-10 yo girl.

13,000 ivory beads.

Mammoth tusk spears.

Beads would take approx. 1 hour to make. 1000s of man hours over months or years,

Adult also buried with 24 polished mammoth ivory bracelets,

Illustration © Libor Balák