World's oldest Jewels discovered in Moroccan cave

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Rabat, May. 5 - An international team of archeologists has recently discovered new beads in a limestone cave, eastern Morocco, which are thought to be 84,000 to 86,000 years old.

The twenty handmade beads, discovered at the Grotte des Piegons in the region of Taforalt, are thought to be the world's oldest jewels, a communiqué of the Ministry of culture reported on Monday.

The team which made the discovery was composed of searchers from the Moroccan "Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine" (INSAP) and from Oxford University.

These beads are even older than a dozen of ornamental beads, which were discovered in the cave in 2003.

The team has also discovered five children's graves, which date back to 12,000 years old.