Jewellery find puzzles Russians

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Archaeologists in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad have uncovered 16th Century jewellery which they say is unlike any found in the area before.

They were found in a 10cm round box during an excavation at the site of a medieval castle in the city.

It contained 11 items made of gold, silver, tin and hematite, covered with hieroglyphs and inscriptions in Hebrew, ancient Greek and Latin.

Kaliningrad was formerly known by its German name of Koenigsberg.

Anatoly Valuev, from the Kaliningrad museum of history and arts, told Russia's Ren TV that one of the objects depicts an allegorical scene portraying human beings with heads shaped like stars.

"Most probably, it was used for fortune-telling," he said.
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