Archaeologists of the Bristol University found it last month near Stonhehnge and they think that it is at least 2,000 years old, Really Unbelievable!!. They even dug the young child's grave. There is some debate about whether the toy is a pig or hedgehog.
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Source tells us that:
"The Bronze Age figurine was likely made as a toy or in memory of the baby being stillborn or dying in infancy, the archaeologist said.The discovery was made during the Stonehenge Riverside Project, a seven-year archaeological investigation of the Stonehenge area supported by the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration. (National Geographic News is part of the National Geographic Society.)
The burial was uncovered during the excavation of an ancient palisade—or timber wall—and ditch, both of which are thought to have stretched eastward from the megalithic circle.
Archaeologists have speculated that the estimated 6-meter-tall (19.5-foot-tall) timber structure served as a boundary fence to Stonehenge. "Source: NationalGeographic.com
Lookout for More about it @ National Geographic Official Site.... " Britain's Oldest Toy Found Buried with Stonehenge Baby? "
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