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The Older Peron transgression was a period identified in 1961 [11] happening between 6,000 and 4,600 years BP when sea levels were 3 to 5 metres higher than today. [ 12 ] Plants buried in the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Peruvian Andes demonstrate the climate had shifted suddenly and severely to capture the plants and preserve them until now.
The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...
Around 4,000 years ago, a group of nomads in present-day Saudi Arabia constructed an “immense” network of defensive walls around a desert “oasis” where they eventually settled as a community.
So-called Saint-Belec Bronze Age slab was first discovered in Brittany in 1900
A stunning 4,000-year-old rock may indicate a previously unknown culture, offering new insights into ancient civilizations. ... the research team discovered 20 rock art sites that show how the ...
Image title: Aboriginal Rock Art: Camera manufacturer: SONY: Camera model: DSC-RX100M5: Exposure time: 1/160 sec (0.00625) F-number: f/4: ISO speed rating: 125: Date and time of data generation: 20:10, 13 May 2017: Lens focal length: 13.72 mm: Short title: Ancient and Modern 4,000 years: Horizontal resolution: 72 dpi: Vertical resolution: 72 ...
Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park, President Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864. This act protected ...