DAHME, Germany (AP) — Axel Kramer knows exactly where to find amber. Travel: The islands of Indonesia offer unforgettable experiences Review: Disney Destiny brings storytelling magic to experiences at ...

Amber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the manufacture of decorative items since Late Prehistory and, indeed, amber ...

For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve teething pain, and people put pulverized ...

A study of the Baltic specimen offers new insights into what Europe’s climate was like some 35 million years ago. By Kate Golembiewski Eva-Maria Sadowski, a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural ...

KALININGRAD, Russia — Alexander Kolesnichenko fished pieces of so-called "Baltic gold" resembling molten plastic out of the mud. It was an illegal and potentially deadly business. But it was also a ...

DAHME, Germany (AP) — Axel Kramer knows exactly where to find amber. He walks down the boardwalk of the village of Dahme on the German Baltic coast, checks the wind and the surf, looks at the ...

'Baltic' amber from Scandinavia is often cited as a key material circulating in prehistoric Europe, but in a new study published today in PLOS ONE researchers have found that amber from Sicily was ...