Find out more about the diet of the prehistoric people living in the Moscow region in the 4th century BC and the ways they economised on firewood plus a curious archaeological find.
Today’s issue of the History of Things features an item that dates back some 6,000 years. This receptacle belonging to the Neolithic Lyalovo culture is part of the Museum of Moscow’s extensive collection. What did our ancestors use this unusual pointed bottom item for and do the simple decorations on it mean something?