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Golden braid

Gold belt ornaments such as this one lay among items placed in the ancient tomb of a man in eastern Asia whose genetic makeup points to Indo-European ancestry. Credit: Kim, et al.

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  • You don't know that this was a belt ornament. Turn it 90 degrees and it looks like a caduceus.

    Your guy was probably a physician.
    John Stewart John Stewart
    Jul. 3, 2010 at 2:10am
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