A mysterious 4,000-year-old slab may be a treasure map that could point the way to long-lost Bronze Age riches

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 08:38

A picture shows the engravings on the slab dots and cups carved in the rock are tied together by lines. — The Saint-Bélec slab was long a mysterious set of engravings, but scientists now think it's a map that could point to long-lost archaeological sites.
D. Gliksman

A mysterious millennia-old slab sat undisturbed in storage for more than a century.
Scientists found it was a gigantic map, likely used by a Bronze Age prince to rule the area.
They now want to use this "treasure map" to uncover lost archaeological sites.

Mysterious engravings on an ancient stone slab, long relegated to the storage area of an ancient castle, might reveal the locations of long-lost Bronze Age treasure.