1.2 Million Year Old Tools, 20 kyo Proto Writing, and Crazy Rich Egyptians! - TAS 204

There's some "mind-blowing" news in archaeology this week! We start with early hominids in Ethiopia using tools 500,000 years earlier than anything thought. Then we move to a possible 20,000 year old writing system in rock art. Finally, the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt was covered in gold! What else will they find there? Links Archaeologists Discover 1.2 Million-Year-Old 'Workshop' in Mind-Blowing Find A surge in obsidian exploitation more than 1.2 million years ago at Simbiro III (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia) (Abstract and figures only) Cave drawings from 20,000 years ago may feature an early form of writing Could These Cave Markings Be the Earliest Form of Writing? An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar (open access) Pseudo-Arch Podcast: The Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 96 Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Archaeologists may have found Egypt's oldest mummy Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.