Tag: Oldest
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film, Is Now in the Public Domain (1926)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFPFYg-HZD0Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, or The Adventures of Prince Achmed, lays fair claim to being the earliest animated feature...
The Oldest State Park in America Is About to Expand
Niagara Falls State Park in western New York is absorbing two neighboring parks, which will add more than 150...
These 12,000-Year-Old Scraps of Elk Hide May Be the World's Oldest Known Examples of Sewing
Indigenous groups in present-day Oregon stitched the fragments together using cord made from plant fiber and animal hair. Experts...
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Discover the Secrets of the Bible’s Oldest and Strangest Texts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9AOmpk1FSsThe appearance of the Dead Sea Scrolls was the most important document discovery of the twentieth century. Yet, in...
Long Misidentified, Object in Museum Is Oldest Drill Found in Egypt
A small metal object excavated almost 100 years ago has been identified as the oldest known drilling tool yet...
Scientists Find the Oldest Wooden Tools to Date in Greece
Two objects unearthed at an archeological site in southern Greece are the oldest wooden tools yet found, according to...
Archaeologists Say This 9,500-Year-Old Burial Is the Oldest Known Evidence of Intentional Cremation Discovered in Africa
Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for...
Archaeologists Unearthed a 430,000-Year-Old Stick. After Careful Analysis, They Say It Could Be the Oldest Wooden Tool Ever Discovered
Found in southern Greece, the stick was one of two wooden artifacts that appear to have been shaped intentionally,...
This Hammer Created From an Elephant Bone 480,000 Years Ago May Be the Oldest Known Tool of Its Kind Ever Found in Europe
Discovered in southern England in the mid-1990s, the artifact may have been made by Neanderthals or Homo heidelbergensis, according...
The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old
Image by Ahdi Agus Oktaviana
Over the centuries, a variety of places have laid credible claim to being the world’s...
Can You See the Faded Outline of a Hand? Archaeologists Say This 67,800-Year-Old Stencil May Be the World's Oldest Known Rock Art
The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the...