Archaeology
Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2018
by HeritageDailyDecember 14, 2018
1 – The world’s oldest known drawing
The earliest evidence of a drawing made by humans has been found in Blombos Cave in the southern Cape in South Africa. The drawing, which consists of three red lines cross-hatched with six separate lines, was intentionally drawn on a smooth silcrete flake about 73 000 years ago. This predates previous drawing from Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia by at least 30 000 years. Find out more
This is the outside of Blombos Cave in the southern Cape in South Africa. Credit : Magnus Haaland
2 – World’s ‘Oldest Intact Shipwreck’ found in Black Sea
A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found off the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/12/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-of-2018/122316
