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This undated handout photo shows Bronze age axe heads and rings from the Carsdorf Hoard, taken at the Natural History Museum, Leipzig, Germany. AFP
This undated handout photo shows Bronze age axe heads and rings from the Carsdorf Hoard, taken at the Natural History Museum, Leipzig, Germany. AFP
Pre-historic Europeans used bronze objects as currency, study says
Ring and axe blades are from about 4,000 years ago