Scientists Exploring A French Cave May Have Discovered The Oldest 3D Map In The World
Researchers exploring the Ségognole 3 cave just south of Paris recently uncovered carvings on its floor that may represent the oldest 3d map in the world. Dating back 20,000 years, this "scale model" is believed to depict the surrounding landscape and could have been used to educate tribespeople about the area's hunting zones and natural resources.
The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Art
A single cave appears to host three very different styles of ancient art, two of them unlike anything else known from the last ice age.
World’s Oldest 3D Map Found in Paleolithic Cave Near Paris
While investigating the Ségognole 3 cave south of Paris, Scientists identified unique engravings that could be the oldest 3D map in the world.
Scientists suggest 20,000-year-old engravings may be the earliest 3D map
The engravings represent the area's hydrographic system, including rivers, lakes, deltas, and surrounding hills, while also symbolizing the female body through a vulva-like depression.
Earliest Known 3D Map Found in Prehistoric French Cavern, Say Experts
Around 20,000 years ago, the prehistoric people who sheltered in this cave carved and smoothed the stone floors to create what looks like a miniature model of the surrounding valley, according to geoscientists Médard Thiry and Anthony Milnes.
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Every world map you’ve seen is wrong – this is what maps should look like
This, thereby, resolves the two issues that the previously accepted world maps suffered from. Sure, it might not be as impressive as creating a 3D map of the entire universe. However, the ...
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Drone's mapping of Canna and Sanday 'a world first'
is currently the world's largest complete island dataset captured by drone." GeoGeo The map could be printed out using a 3D printer Derek Alexander, NTS's head of archaeology, said: "We've ...