Discovered the ancient wallet made of dog teeth

Recently, archaeologists have found the oldest wallet in the world (as of now) in Germany. Made from hundreds of dogs' teeth, this is considered a symbol of strange stone fashion style.

While excavating at a location near Leipzig, the team did not hide their astonishment at discovering that more than 100 dog teeth were attached to each other under a grave dating from mid-2,500 to 2,200 BC.'Over the centuries, other materials such as leather or fabric have disappeared with only the teeth in the same direction, it looks very much like the outer lid of a modern portable wallet' , archaeologist Susanne Friederich comes from the Saxony-Anhalt National Museum of Conservation and Archeology.

The strange wallet is made from more than 100 Stone Age teeth. (Photo: LDA Halle)

This artifact appears at Profen - 100ha wide area expected to be an open pit coal mine in 2015. So far, during the implementation of the project, many evidence has been found about the area. Stone and bronze settlements included more than 300 tombs, hundreds of stone tools, spears, ceramic pots, buttons made of bones, an amber necklace. Among them was a rather special tomb around 50 BC of a woman buried with 0.5kg of gold.

Even so, the dog tooth wallet still receives more attention than archaeologists because ' this is the first time we have found evidence that can be considered representative of the stoneware fashion style. ' Friederich said. To have such a cap, the ancients had to use teeth from dozens of dogs. Its existence proved that during this period, dogs became domestic pets.

In fact, general animal canines were used quite commonly in burial rituals in Stone Age and Central Europe. In addition, dog teeth also become hair decoration or necklaces for both men and women.'It seems these are very trendy items at the time,' Friederich said.

Reference: Nationalgeographic