I hit 3,000-year-old art with a hammer
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I hit 3,000-year-old art with a hammer
Behind the iron-rimmed wheels, they found a rectangular stain of darker soil – all that was left of the wooden or wicker carriage of the chariot. And within the carriage, the skeletal remains of the driver, his body tucked into a crouched position to fit him in. In front of the chariot, the archaeologists began to uncover even more bones. Not human
... See moreAlice Roberts • Ancestors
Hunter-gatherers made these handprints about 9,000 years ago in the ‘Hands Cave’, in Argentina. It looks as if these long-dead hands are reaching towards us from within the rock. This is one of the most moving relics of the ancient forager world – but nobody knows what it means.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
This is the deep maker culture of the east. Engrained in thousands of years of history. Incredible.
Can you imagine how these processes were made/discovered? https://t.co/DdICI0wDLO
Linus Ekenstamx.comTo my eternal delight, the wreck of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s flagship, preserved its firewood deep in its hull for the marine archaeologists to find and bring to the surface in the late 1970s. What was found matched almost exactly the wish list of a Tudor cook and the regulations governing the sale of firewood. Over 600 logs were found, comprisi
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