Oldest 3D Map of Part of Europe Found on Ancient Stone Slab - Mysterious Universe

Four remarkable instances of archaeological sleuthing and impactful surprises. Jocelyne LeBlanc covers a recent analysis of a Bronze Age find and its implications for understanding that period. Owen Jarus says a Creepy Sculpture with Human Faces is Even Older Than Experts Thought. And "the world's earliest wooden monumental sculpture" was 17 feet tall! Sometimes what isn't found at a site is just as important as what is. The absence of pork and other residues in 800-year-old Medieval Pottery Fragments Reveal Jewish Dietary Practices in Oxford, England. Traditional archaeology, combined with organic residue analysis and information from a medieval census, made that discovery possible. A similar combination of multidisciplinary techniques and some creative brainstorming enabled Monica Green to pose the question Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought? The potential answer, says historian David M. Parry, has rather "harrowing" implications for our present pandemic situation. (WM)

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