A new analysis of a 4,000-year-old stone slab, consigned to the storage area of an ancient castle in France, suggests that it may be engraved with directions to long-lost Bronze Age treasure ...

A mysterious millennia-old slab sat undisturbed in storage for more than a century. Scientists found it was a gigantic map, likely used by a Bronze Age prince to rule the area.

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Before this discovery, the oldest known three-dimensional map was understood to be a large portable rock slab engraved by people of the Bronze Age around 3,000 years ago.

The Saint-Belec slab—a 4,000-year-old, 5-foot by 6.5-foot carved piece of stone—was found to be what researchers are calling a “ treasure map ” to Bronze Age archaeological destinations ...

A Bronze Age wooden spade was dug up from a trench in England, and it is around 3,500 years old. The object was uncovered during excavations in the Arne Moors, an area of wetlands and heathland in ...

A 4-year-old boy accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar at an archeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The ancient artifact, which experts say was at least 3,500 years old, was on display without a ...

A Bronze Age tomb was thought to have been destroyed over 170 years. As part of an effort to map Ireland's ancient tombs, a researcher went looking for it. He was surprised to find several of the ...

Did Bronze Age Europe have a market economy? New research suggests “hoard piles” could be linked to the exchange of small pieces of metal – much like money changes hands today.

A new analysis of a 4,000-year-old stone slab, consigned to the storage area of an ancient castle in France, suggests that it may be engraved with directions to long-lost Bronze Age treasure ...