Ancient Boar Tusk Engraving Unveiled: The Mysterious Medieval Charm With Secrets Hidden for a Millennium

Ancient Boar Tusk Engraving Unveiled: The Mysterious Medieval Charm With Secrets Hidden for a Millennium

This find is a “highly significant and unusual discovery,” Alexei Gippius, a philologist at HSE University in Moscow who is familiar with Novgorod archaeology, told Live Science.

Gippius, who was not involved in the study, also said that the research contributes to the understanding of “the origins and functioning of the mythological beliefs of the early Rus elite.”


After reading about the decorated 900-year-old wild boar tusk found in Russia, learn about Olga of Kiev, the the 10th-century princess of Kievan Rus that got revenge for her husband’s death. Then, see the mammoth tusk found by a deer hunter in Texas.

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