Narrative History of Amber
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in the ancient Cheddar gorge of Somerset in England, there is a huge cavern. Since it was first discovered more than a century ago, it has yielded many rare artefact ce on bones from the ancient past, including even a complete seated skeleton 9000 years old. But in 1950 this place named Goths Cave after the Victorian sea captain who found it also yielded what is perhaps the oldest piece of traded gem type material ever discovered. It is dark red and rather dirty, like a scuffed piece of translucent toffee, and it is almost the size of a dozen credit cards stacked together. It is a piece of amber, and it was traded at least 12,500 years ago. It looks an unlikely treasure, but treasure it is because it is possibly the first indication we have today of a human fascination with Amber that has lasted since prehistoric times.