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Gavrinis Cairn

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AddedAug 24 2011
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Description Gavrinis rocks with polished axes. Archeologist have discovered lot of jadeite axes within Tumulus. Researchers believe that the axes, made from a rock found in the Italian Alps, were possibly gifts given to Stone Age leaders by people from elsewhere in the world.
Image copyright Didier Truffaut.

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neolithique02
(2011-08-24)
Back in august 2007, 2 British holidaymakers found a pair of these jadeite axes in Quiberon ...and they made more than 30000 euros !
http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/cassen316/

Bretagne is a good place for your next summer holiday !

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