A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

One of the oldest known baby rattles was found in an infant burial in northern Mesopotamia, dating to the Ubaid period ...

A recent study by Dr. Georges Mouamar and his colleagues investigated the largest assemblage of securely identified rattles ...

Instead, they were likely used as baby rattles ... back then it was rattles.” The handles themselves are small, fit to a child’s hand, again suggesting they were used as a toy as opposed ...

F ragments of ancient household item unidentified for 90 years after being excavated have been found to be pieces of baby ...

Bronze Age potters working in the city of Hama in current-day Syria appear to have sold more than just cups, bowels, and ...

Rattles had traditionally been interpreted as multifunctional objects used for music, ritual, and as toys. Because of how ... tasked with entertaining a baby. Intact rattles found at Al-Zalaqiyat ...