由電腦模擬這個出自阿爾梅亞城堡遺址的三葉蟲化石改造成墜子的模樣。考古學家說古羅馬人可能是把這個化石當作護身符配戴。Illustration by Fernández-Fernández, A., Valle-Abad, P., Rodríguez -Nóvoa, A.A. et al. Significance of fossils in Roman times: the first trilobite find in an early Empire context. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 166 (2025)

這個在羅馬時代遺址中發現、約有4億6000萬年歷史的三葉蟲化石，是來自400多公里外的化石岩床，可能是經由買賣來到這處聚落的。Photograph by Fernández-Fernández, A., Valle-Abad, P., Rodríguez -Nóvoa, A.A. et al. Significance of fossils in Roman times: the first trilobite find in an early Empire context. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 166 (2025)

這個三葉蟲化石有經過人為修整、磨平的跡象。Photograph by Fernández-Fernández, A., Valle-Abad, P., Rodríguez -Nóvoa, A.A. et al. Significance of fossils in Roman times: the first trilobite find in an early Empire context. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 166 (2025)

電腦模擬阿爾梅亞三葉蟲標本固定在皮手鐲上的可能模樣。Illustration by Fernández-Fernández, A., Valle-Abad, P., Rodríguez -Nóvoa, A.A. et al. Significance of fossils in Roman times: the first trilobite find in an early Empire context. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 166 (2025)

這顆三葉蟲化石是在發掘西班牙西北部的羅馬聚落阿爾梅亞城堡時找到的。 Photograph by ArqueoGEAAT/University of Vigo