Posted on 04/10/2021 7:01:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The 2m by 1.5m slab (5ft by 6.5ft), first uncovered in 1900, was found again in a cellar in a castle in France in 2014.
Archaeologists who studied patterns engraved on the 4,000-year-old stone say they believe the markings are a map of an area in western Brittany.
They say this makes the slab the oldest 3D map of a known area in Europe.
The piece of rock, known as the Saint-Bélec Slab, is believed to date from the early Bronze Age, between 1900 BC and 1650 BC.
It was first unearthed in 1900, during digs on an prehistoric burial ground in Finistère, western Brittany, by local archaeologist Paul du Chatellier.
The slab was apparently forgotten for over a century, stored for decades under a moat at Mr du Chatellier's home, the ChÂteau de Kernuz.
But researchers hunting for the slab found it in a cellar in 2014.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I know a Ukrainian nurse who acts exactly like this. Hilarious.
The forgotten map had been stored for decades under the moat but was found in a cellar. Uh, ok. Makes as much sense as the holes and circles on the “map”.
More likely, it was little Ug’s doodles. He was a good kid and an aspiring artist.
Did they mark the bordellos? It couldn’t have been used much...it isn’t frayed. But it won’t blow out the window easily either.
wy69
They saved time and marked the places that were *not* bordellos.
I think some of those marks were roundabouts.
Or boobs.
Helen Thomas makes the world at least 8000 years old.
Yep, I can clearly make France....
Never cut off your Slauson; you may need it later!
My day is now complete.
I spent many hours playing RISK many decades ago.
It was the earliest known form of GPS —— Granite Positioning System................
lol
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