A RECENTLY unearthed stone slab dating back to the Bronze Age may represent Europe’s oldest map. Intricate carvings on the piece of rock, known as the Saint-Bélec Slab, depict an area of western ...

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The Saint-Belec stone, carved roughly 4,000 years ago, is Europe’s oldest known 3D map. Scholars now call it a “treasure map” to a Bronze Age past. While the stone was originally discovered in 1900, ...

A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe’s oldest map, researchers say. Using high-resolution 3D surveys and photogrammetry, ...

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. A new analysis of the slab, which ...

A Bronze Age slab which was excavated in France in 1900 but forgotten for more than a century may be the oldest known map in Europe, archaeologists have said. The intricately carved stone is thought ...

For 4,000 years the meaning of mysterious markings on a Bronze Age stone slab have remained a secret. Not anymore, however. That's because scientists are now treating the engraved rock as a 'treasure ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...

BRITTANY, FRANCE—According to a BBC News report, the Saint-Bélec Slab, an engraved stone measuring about five feet by 6.5 feet, has been rediscovered in the cellar of a castle in western France. The ...