A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe’s oldest map, researchers say. Using high-resolution 3D surveys and ...

It has been kept in the museum's collections since 1924. A broken ceramic vessel characteristic of early Bronze Age pottery was also found with the slab, according to the French Prehistoric Society.

Archeologists are hoping that an ancient map, left largely unstudied for 4,000 years, can point them towards some hidden secrets of the ancient world. The Bronze Age map, at first look, is just a ...

The Saint-Belec stone, carved roughly 4,000 years ago, is Europe’s oldest known 3D map. Scholars now call it a “treasure map” to a Bronze Age past. While the stone was originally discovered ...

A new analysis of a Bronze Age stone slab found in France more than a century ago suggests that the roughly 4,000-year-old artifact is Europe’s oldest known map. BBC News reports that the ...

Scientists found it was a gigantic map, likely used by a Bronze Age prince to rule the area. They now want to use this "treasure map" to uncover lost archaeological sites.

The Saint-Bélec Slab dates back to the early Bronze Age (2150-1600 B.C.) and was first discovered in 1900 in a prehistoric burial ground in Finistère, Brittany.

A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe’s oldest map, researchers say. Using high-resolution 3D surveys and ...