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Amber pendant

An amber pendant from 500–480 BC.

An amber pendant from 500–480 BC. The ancient Greeks discovered that rubbing their amber jewellery to clear dust and other the particles only made the amber collect more debris. The urge to understand this eventually led to our current knowledge of electricity.

Rights: The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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