Archaeology: Oldest-known drinking straws were gold and silver, 3ft long and used in a communal bowl

The eight tubes - which date back more than 5,000 years - were first unearthed from Maikop kurgan, a Bronze Age burial mound in Southern Russia, back in 1897.

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