Archaeological finds reveal: Parents bought toys for their children 4,500 years ago

Childhood toy trade is not a modern invention, there was already 4,500 years ago in Syria, a researcher at the Denmark National Museum said today after 19 rattlesnakes were discovered. “If you wanted to entertain your child, you could give him a wooden spoon or a stone,” Meet Marie Hald, co-author of the study, told the French Agency, and published in the journal Childhood in the Past. However, even then, those who did not catch their hands had another choice. “4,500 years ago, parents went to the market and bought games made by professionals,” he explained. The researchers have accidentally discovered in the collections of the Danish Museum of Danish pieces of 19 rattlesnakes made of clay in Hama, Syria, from the Bronze Age. This is the largest collection of this kind. “In the broken pieces, one finds that the inclusions in the clay are exactly the same as what one meets […]
Source: News Beast

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