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A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

From secret Moorish tunnels to Viking marketplaces, Scythian horse lords to Swiss Bronze Age pits and massive Trypillia settlements — Europe’s ancient secrets are resurfacing in epic new digs.
#Archaeology #AncientEurope #HistoryFacts #LostCivilizations #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancientoriginsunleashed.com/p/strategic-staircases-bronze-age-brilliance

Archaeologists found a 1,500-year-old sandal frozen in Norwegian ice - Enlarge / Conservation efforts for the shoe included careful reshaping ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1850430 #ancientpeopledidstuff #medievaleurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #glacialmelt #middleages #vikingage #glaciers #science #ironage #norway

First victim of the tsunami that trashed the Eastern Mediterranean found - Enlarge (credit: Sahoglu et al. 2021)

Archaeologists working i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1823792 #volcaniceruptions #ancienteurope #ancientgreece #archaeology #bronzeage #akrotiri #tsunamis #science #minoans #thera

Archaeologists use DNA to investigate 6,200-year-old massacre mystery - Enlarge
Archaeologists working near the small Croatian village of Potočani made a grim discovery... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1749167 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #ancientwarfare #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #copperage #massgrave #neolithic #osteology #science

Radar reveals a feasting hall near a Viking ship burial - In June, archaeologists began unearthing a Viking ship from a farmer’s field in eastern Norwa... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1723256 #groundpenetratingradar #nauticalarchaeology #ancienteurope #remotesensing #archaeology #science #ironage #vikings

Incest may have helped early Irish rulers maintain their claims to power - Enlarge (credit: Ken Williams, shadowsandstone.com)
A man buried in the inner chamber of Newgrang... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1684398 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #monumentbuilding #ancienteurope #passagetombs #archaeology #ancientdna #megaliths #neolithic #newgrange #science #ireland #incest

Paleolithic French didn’t let their dead rest peacefully - If you died in Europe 35,000 to 25,000 years ago, you’d probably be buried with parts of your body... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1683816 #paleoanthropology #paleolithiceurope #paleoarchaeology #upperpaleolithic #ancienteurope #archaeology #skeletons #science #burials #caveart

Probable Roman shipwrecks unearthed at a Serbian coal mine - (credit: Uryadovy Courier)
Coal miners in Serbia recently dug up an unexpected surprise: three pr... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1666295 #maritimearchaeology #nauticalarchaeology #ancienteurope #ancientrome #archaeology #romanempire #shipwrecks #science #serbia

People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets, and we don’t know why - Enlarge (credit: Alexander Pryor)
As the last Ice Age tightened its hold on Europe, a group of pe... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1662135 #ancientpeopledidstuff #lastglacialmaximum #russianarchaeology #ancienteurope #archaeology #pleistocene #mammoths #science #iceage

Ancient “chewing gum” contains a 5,700-year-old genome - Enlarge / This artist's reconstruction shows "Lola" as a young girl, with items that likely would h... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1653275 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #prehistoriceurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #microbiome #neolithic #science

Aerial radar turns up a Viking ship in a farmer’s field - Ground-penetrating radar recently revealed a Viking Age ship hidden beneath the topsoil of a ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1626629 #ancienteurope #norsehistory #archaeology #shipburials #shipgraves #vikingage #science #vikings

Archaeologists unearth a Bronze Age warrior’s personal toolkit - The contents of the Bronze Age toolkit with the mud cleaned off. (credit: V. Minkus)
Three-thousa... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1587713 #battlefieldarchaeology #prehistoriceurope #ancienteurope #metalworking #archaeology #bronzeage #science

Spanish drought reveals submerged megalithic tomb - Enlarge (credit: By Pleonr - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curi... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1574927 #standingstones #ancienteurope #passagetombs #archaeology #bellbeaker #megaliths #science

A 2,000-year-old stylus makes a point about ancient Roman humor - Enlarge / The text is inscribed on all four sides of the stylus. (credit: Museum of London Archaeol... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1543709 #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientgraffiti #ancientbritain #ancienteurope #ancientrome #archaeology #romanempire #science

People brought food from all over Britain to feast near Stonehenge - Enlarge / Feasts at nearby Durrington Walls drew attendees from all over Britain. (credit: Stefan K... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1475803 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #stablecarbonisotopes #mountpleasanthenge #strontiumisotopes #nitrogenisotopes #durringtonwalls #isotopeanalysis #ancientengland #oxygenisotopes #sulfurisotopes #zooarchaeology #ancienteurope #stableisotope #archaeology #mardenhenge