Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood This was a very old

This was a very old male dog and as you can see from the photographs

Chiefs were always buried

The early Portuguese traders bought tusks of ivory

but often their bones

Beads and royalty are closely linked in Africa

Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood This was a very oldHere's an unusual thing, particularly in the UK. This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood. This one is also unusual as unlike many of the pieces that are from species in the United States, this one was found in the Sahara desert about 40 years ago. Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon. It is an extinct genus of palm found around the world. These plants lived from the Late Cretaceous (83 million years ago) until the early