The National Museum of Denmark recently announced the discovery of 19 ancient baby rattles in Syria, showing that some Bronze ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants. “Today, we use screens, back then it was rattles.” Archaeologist ...

However, according to a statement released by the National Museum of Denmark, these objects have now been reinterpreted as baby rattles. Researchers determined that the sound that the artifacts ...

The handles of the Hama rattles were small, usually only 4.5–6 cm in length and had a diameter of only 2 cm. This size is ideal for an infant or an older sibling tasked with entertaining a baby.

Instead, they were likely used as baby rattles. Clay pieces that made up the handle and the orb of the rattles were found in excavations from nearly a century ago. John Fhær Engedal Nissen ...