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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Britain's Oldest Toy Found Buried with Stonehenge Baby?


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A carved hedgehog or pig (above) found buried alongside a prehistoric baby at Stonehenge may represent Britain's earliest known toy, researchers said in October 2008.

The Bronze Age figurine was likely made as a toy or in memory of the baby being stillborn or dying in infancy, according to archaeologists.

Photograph by Aerial-Cam/SRP 2008