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BBC Radio 4 - A History of the World in 100 Objects, The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC), Jade Axe - Episode Transcript – Episode 14 - Jade axe
Antiquity Journal - This is an axe made from Alpine jade found in an elite burial mound at Kapellenberg in 🇩🇪 from ~4,500 BC. Such wealth hints at greater social inequality than
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Scotland's set of 6,000-year-old axeheads from the Italian Alps have gone on public display | Museums.EU
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