Bear-Woman Vessel from Iran, c. 1300-1100 BCE, it's believed that the sexual features sculpted onto this artifact were emphasized in order to enhance the fertility of any woman who drank from the vessel.jpg (4.51 МБ) 1316 просмотров
A 9,000-year-old skeleton was found inside a cave in Cheddar, England, and nicknamed “Cheddar Man”. His DNA was tested and it was concluded that a living relative was teaching history about a 1/2 mile away, tracing back nearly 300 generations.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Mask, acquired by Israeli General Moshe Dayan from Hirbat Duma, presently in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.jpg (1.56 МБ) 1189 просмотров
A 25,000-year-old engraving of a woman at Cussac cave in France. The cave contains over 150 Paleolithic artworks as well as several human remains.jpg (355.3 КБ) 1168 просмотров
A large highly polished jade axe found at Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus in 1863. 4500-4000 BCE, now housed at the Museum of History and Archaeology in Vannes, France.png (569.48 КБ) 1155 просмотров
Göbekli Tepe in eastern Turkey, the oldest known megalith in the world at around 11,000 years old, more than twice the age of Stonehenge.jpg (561.13 КБ) 1078 просмотров
The wooden wheel found in the Ljubljana Marsh, Slovenia, in 2002. Radiocarbon dating showed that it was approximately 5,100-5,350 years old, which makes it the oldest wooden wheel yet discovered.jpg (89.88 КБ) 1066 просмотров