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Excavated in France in 1900 and forgotten for more than a century, new analysis reveals that an ornate stone slab from the Bronze Age (2150-1600 BC) is actually the oldest known map of europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some researchers refer to this type of discovery as a \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d since, although the stone was found decades ago, its true story has only come to light today. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The broken slab was reused in the Saint-B\u00e9lec burial towards the end of the Bronze Age<\/strong> (1900-1640 BC). At the time, the slab formed one of the walls of a stone cist, a small coffin-shaped stone box used to contain the bodies of the dead. Its engraved face was turned toward the interior of the tomb, but its ends were hidden.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The slab was moved to a private museum in 1900 before the collection was acquired by the Museum of National Antiquities<\/strong> in 1924. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap), Bournemouth University, CNRS and the University of Western Brittany examined the carved slab, discovering that the slab has many<\/a> of the elements expected on a prehistoric map, including repeated motifs joined by lines to give the layout of a map.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Des chercheurs de l'Inrap @bournemouthuni<\/a> @CNRS<\/a> et @UBO_UnivBrest<\/a> viennent de mettre en \u00e9vidence la plus ancienne carte en Europe, datant de l'\u00e2ge du Bronze ancien. La recherche porte sur la dalle grav\u00e9e de Saint-B\u00e9lec (Leuhan, Finist\u00e8re) et para\u00eet dans le bulletin de @SPF_Infos<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/ZTbSDDUF2C<\/a><\/p>\n — Inrap (@Inrap) April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSleeping Beauty<\/h2>\n
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