Mysteries of decorated ostrich eggs revealed

Two ostrich eggs found in the "Isis tomb", an elite burial at Etruscan Vulci (Italy)

BRITISH MUSEUM

If you wanted to give an extravagant gift 5,000 years ago, you might have chosen an ostrich egg.

Now some of these beautiful Easter egg-sized objects are in London's British Museum.

The eggs were found in Italy but their origins have long been a mystery - ostriches are not indigenous to Europe.

Now, research into the museum's collection by an international team of archaeologists reveals new insights into their history.

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