An amber hunter holds a nugget found on the Baltic Sea coast in the town of Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar Share this photo ...

Baltic amber, a rare material in Syria, was primarily sourced from the Baltic coast and transported along the Amber Route, an extensive trade network connecting Northern Europe to the Mediterranean.

THE prehistoric antiquities of that part of the Baltic coast that lies about the mouth of the Vistula have something more than a local interest. The old Prussian shore—the land of the Æstii of ...

According to TVP World, other Roman-era artifacts have been unearthed in the city. "In the 2nd century AD, the Alexandrian geographer Claudius Ptolemy listed a place called Calisia among the route’s ...

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 3 (UPI) --German researchers have discovered what's considered the world's first example of a fossil of a carnivorous flypaper trap plant entrapped in a piece of Baltic amber ...

Baltic amber, the gold of the North A prized gemstone since antiquity, collectors today will pay several thousand euros for amber pieces with perfectly preserved organisms inside, writes Harald ...

Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections Date: April 5, 2021 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ...

Humans in the Baltic countries have used ancient amber (fossilized tree resin) for medicinal purposes for centuries. Infants there today are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve ...