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Thousands of years ago, in northern Europe have this large tracts of virgin forest, and later violent crustal movements took place, large areas of land sank into the sea, after several years of forest trees fell dead and decomposed resin also was buried in a large number of residues of the following, and thus become a solid resin, more than 20 places in the world, found traces of amber, the Baltic region which is the main place of origin, where the amber mostly from drift seawater collected, so thousands of years people have always thought that amber is formed in the ocean, now under the waves of the sea, still has vast deposits of amber resources. Winter storm comes, amber is washed ashore the sea, the fishermen in the icy water in the system for a rich treasure, run into good luck when the day's gains are quite a lot.
This way for thousands of years people combing the shore, as is looking forward to the north known as the amber gold. In prehistoric times, as has a warm amber color, are seen as a symbol of the sun, people have a superstition that the magical effect of natural objects, the Europeans took an early drive out evil things as amber. That warm amber color, soft touch, crystal clear appearance, as seen from the ancients, whom they are shocked, for prehistoric humans, the discovery of such things, certainly make them feel strange, because they Unlike today's people already have items like plastic, amber weight is not heavy, but very firm, and feel that he does not like cold as a stone, but the warm, ancient sense of wonder is the natural, soft amber can be easily compared cutting, carving, molding, grinding and polishing, which is his reason for making all kinds of jewelry.
In a million years ago, the Nordic people find amber produced a different style of decoration, such as amulets, buttons, and beads, etc., archaeological findings reveal to us how in ancient amber were processed into decorative objects, such beads is a kind of dated to about 5000 years ago, called "Hu was won," found a stone tomb, excavated note Nordic ornaments decorated with amber has been for thousands of years of history, we believe that buried in Hu won the people that have a certain social status, not a person is eligible to be buried in this tomb, and they were more prominent in society, perhaps only they have the qualifications and ability to use amber as a decoration things, ordinary people can not afford to buy. So people with stones, and amber decorations themselves, out of religious reasons or just for pretty, perhaps, we never know.
We pass this necklace that is sometimes used to make ornaments of prehistoric people are not necessarily all of the raw materials for local, that 2000 years ago in the Netherlands found the necklace in tin from England, made of metal The beads, which beads from the Middle East, but also the Baltic amber beads. For centuries, the ancient trade route running through northern Europe and gradually penetrate into the interior from the port city of regional and international trade was born, Amber is not the only trade in goods, but was most valuable. For centuries, the north from southern gold induced great interest is the previously isolated amber alone makes people start a mutual contact and communication.
The first century BC, amber into the Mediterranean territory, the ancient Romans loved the extent of the amber reached the degree of obsession, amber is especially popular in the Roman nobility, is the palace of Emperor Paul Mi decorations, imperial heyday , the Roman people is very strong demand for amber, historians such account to the old Puni Di, a little more than the price of amber portrait of a slave's worth living; women fitted with amber with themselves, of course, not ignored his hair, according to records Puni Di: People wearing amber while the efficacy of treatment is to achieve.
Roman columns and that wearing amber amulets, can prevent thyroid cancer, but no Roman understanding the origins of amber, people from northern European legends amber waves of a river called the river, they had never heard of Bo the Baltic Sea. In AD 60, Roman emperor sent an officer to go Mi Lu explore the source of amber, the officer came to the northern wild lands, which is the ancient Romans had never tried the experience, he reached the Danube and then Wei arrived at the central position tile river, the voyage in the ancient history of great importance, it is in the Nordic and the Mediterranean region and construct the first direct contact between the bridge, creating the famous Amber Road.
Amber in Rome with the extraordinary significance, he was a Roman circus decorations, a Roman warrior's shield, Puni Di documented that the use of all weapons on the fighters have amber decoration. With the 476 AD fall of the Roman Empire, the North began to fall the value of gold.
