Familiar objects that are thousands of years old

Condoms made from sheepskin, glasses made from animal bones, leather and wood, ... are familiar objects that have been around for thousands of years, but there was a time when they were completely... strange.

Nowadays, updating technology every minute and every hour is no longer strange, but how many people know what the things around them looked like hundreds or even thousands of years ago?

Musical Instruments - 40,000 Years Old:

If you’re curious, here’s the answer! Note that these items may have been around even before recorded human history.

The 40,000 year old flute.

Found in Germany, this flute is one of the first musical instruments made by ancient people from bird bones and mammoth ivory.

Theories suggest that music was considered an advantage for humans at that time over cavemen.

Human sculpture - 35,000 - 40,000 years old

The Venus statue is 35,000 - 40,000 years old.

This Venus statue was discovered in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany. Experts believe the mysterious "sculptor" must have used mammoth ivory to carve the statue.

The statue has the shape of a curvaceous woman with large breasts, buttocks, belly, hips and thighs, while the head is usually small and faceless.

Beer Recipe - 5,000 Years Old

A real beer recipe from 3000 BC.

This is a poem inspired by Ninkasi – the god of beer and beverages, but also an actual beer recipe from 3000 BC.

Historians have learned that this was a very strong beer and even had bread floating on the surface.

Chewing Gum - 5,000 Years Old

The oldest piece of chewing gum.

This fossilized piece of birch bark is considered the oldest piece of chewing gum discovered in Finland.

Further research revealed that birch bark contains phenol, which is a disinfectant. The "candy residue" found was probably made by melting the bark, boiling it, and then cooling it to form a solid mass. When people want to chew it like candy, they reheat it until it softens and then "enjoy" it.

The wallet - 4,500 years old

The thousand year old wallet.

Welcome, fashionistas, to the thousand-year-old purse! In 2012, archaeologists unearthed the world's oldest purse in a grave near Leipzig, Germany.

It was made from leather or cloth and covered in more than a hundred different dog teeth. Researchers say what remains looks like a modern handbag flap, with all the teeth pointing in the same direction.

Besides, dog teeth are also found in many types of hair ornaments and necklaces… Could it be that dog teeth were extremely fashionable and popular jewelry during that period?

Pants - 3,300 years old

The pants were designed with three separate pieces of fabric.

And here are the pants found in the Yanghai tomb in China in 2014.

Researchers believe the pants were designed with three separate pieces of fabric, with the "leg and groin" sections stitched together properly.

Despite being a "ancestor" type, it still possesses quite sophisticated decorative patterns. Researchers say that the pants were created during the evolution among horse-riding tribes about 4,000 years ago to provide protection and comfort while riding.

Coin - 2,700 years old

The oldest coins were made from a mixture of gold and silver.

The oldest coin was found in the ancient Greek city of Efes, in what is now Turkey. It was made of a mixture of gold and silver with a lion's head on one side.

All - 1,500 years old

Wool socks appeared around 300 to 499 BC.

These red woolen socks, which were worn with sandals, were made by the Egyptians between 300 and 499 BC. They were discovered in the 19th century and are now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in England.

According to experts, this sock is considered a very rare example of a type of knitting called "single needle knitting" - a very slow technique compared to modern knitting. It seems that they started knitting from the toes and then finished at the ankle.

Glass - 800 years old

The glasses were made from animal bones, leather and wood.

Found on Baffin Island (Canada), these glasses were originally used to protect the eyes from the sun's rays reflecting off the snow.

They are usually made from animal bones, leather and wood with two small lines so that the wearer can see.

Earth Model - 510 years old

The model of the earth was made from two ostrich eggs.

This model of the earth is made from two ostrich eggs with maps of the Old and New Worlds placed in each hemisphere.

Experts believe they were made in Florence, Italy, by the great craftsman Leonardo da Vinci himself.

Bra - 500 years old

Oldest bra.

This bra was worn by an Austrian woman between 1390 and 1485. And although it is the oldest bra preserved to this day, in records, it is simply called a "breast bag".

Condoms - 370 years old

Condoms are made from lambskin.

This reusable condom was made from sheepskin and was used in Sweden in the 1600s.

Even the instructions (in Latin) are included - so if you want to reuse it and avoid related diseases, please wash it with warm milk after each use!

According to Young Knowledge