“Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from.”
– Sarah Parcak
Each week on To the Point we share a few articles from the world of archaeology (and its many interconnected fields).
Australian Mathematician Reveals World’s Oldest Example of Applied Geometry
popular-archeaology.com | August 4, 2021
A 3,700-year-old tablet has revealed the oldest known example of applied geometry. The tablet tells the story of defining land boundaries and an Old Babylonian surveyor.
Bronze Age Elder’s Skeleton Found at Cambridgeshire Dig
bbc.com | August 8, 2021
A dig that is taking place ahead of a housing development has unearthed a well-preserved village elder. The funerary monument was discovered by a nearby Bronze Age settlement – a prosperous settlement with trade links and weapon manufacturing.
theguardian.com | August 9, 2021
Spicy wine and salty fish: a meal you would have been served at the Pompeii thermopolium in 79 AD. The over 1,900-year-old snack bar and other Pompeii sites will finally be open to the public this week.
