amulet

Archaeologists in northern Spain have uncovered a remarkable artifact that bridges 450 million years of history: a trilobite fossil deliberately modified and used as an amulet during the Roman Empire. The discovery at the A Cibdá de Armea settlement in Galicia represents the first trilobite fossil ever found in a Roman archaeological context, offering unprecedented insights into ancient beliefs about protective magic and the significance of prehistoric fossils. La Brujula Verde reports the 4-centimeter (1.6 inch) fossil fragment belongs to the genus Colpocoryphe, a marine arthropod that lived approximately 450 million years ago during the Ordovician period. What makes this discovery extraordinary is not its geological age, but the clear evidence of human modification. Researchers from the team led by