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The Truth Behind The 6500-Year-Old Tomb In A Makeshift Coffin Made Of Seashells And Sea Antlers

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Téviec would be a rather dynamic island located somewhere in Britta, France, if it were not for its great archaeological value thanks to the enormous resources - mainly from the Middle Stone Age - that have been excavated there. These deposits include the skeletons of two women, dating from 6740 to 5680 BC, who may have been brutally killed by bees. Archaeologists Put Téviec on the Mesolithic Map It has been the subject of landscape conservation planning for the past 35 years. As a result, digging the island has become a difficult task for contemporary archaeologists, as it is usually banned from April 15 to August 31. However, that’s not always the case. Between 1928 and 1934, archaeologists Marthe and Saint-Jυst Péqυart made the discovery after excavating an archaeologically rich Middle Stone Age site on the island, dating from the middle of the island. 5700 to 4500 BC. The meaning behind the 6500-year-old tom...