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| | Amber in art | Amber is treasured and used for centuries in jewelry. It was familiar
to Paleolithic peoples and to the Greeks and Romans, who used it
extensively in jewelry.
Amber has been used for decoration since
the stone age. Amber is perhaps the oldest substance used for human
adornment. Amber beads and pendants were found in Northern Europe
gravesites dating back to 8000 B.C.E.
Jurassic Park made amber famous! The book and the movie used the idea
that amber containing an ancient mosquito might be the key to
recreating dinosaurs. The basic goal was to remove blood from the gut
of a mosquito which had fed on a dinosaur just before being trapped in
tree resin which later became amber.
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