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French 4,000-year-old carving is oldest map in Europe: study
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This handout picture released by the Archives of the French Finistere department on April 7, 2021, shows the prehistoric slab of Saint-Belec after its restoration, in Leuhan, Western France
A Bronze-age slab first uncovered in 1900 in western France is the oldest map in Europe, according to a study released this week.
The 4,000-year-old object, known as the Saint-Belec slab, is engraved with markings that represent part of the Black Mountains region of western France, said Yvan Pailler, an archaeologist and one of the authors of the study published in the Bulletin of the French Prehistoric Society. ....

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