Tag: Bronze Age
The oldest known straws were made of gold and silver and were used to drink beer
The function of precious funerary objects discovered at the end of the 19thand century in Russia has been the subject of much speculation among archaeologists. These long silver and gold…
Hybrid donkeys for war 4,500 years ago
Before the introduction of the domestic horse, the Mesopotamians made crosses between species in order to generate a prestigious and useful mount in war. A hybridization between equines made it…
The Exploratorium: first sky map and beginnings of astronomy
The prehistoric peoples of northern Europe have long been called “barbarians”, basing their societies on a purely oral tradition. However, we now know that our ancestors had a relatively advanced…