Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood often using fine sand

often using fine sand

Each king commissioned his own bwaantshy after his enthronement and was buried in it when he died (Cornet

Another unusual and intriguing looking skull and a great addition to a collection

over the centuries and on the reverse the skeleton is showing through the desiccated skin

The outer maximum diameter is 88mm

Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood often using fine sandHere's an unusual thing, particularly in the UK. This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood. This one is also unusual as unlike many of the pieces that are from species in the United States, this one was found in the Sahara desert about 40 years ago. Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon. It is an extinct genus of palm found around the world. These plants lived from the Late Cretaceous (83 million years ago) until the early