Old Norse - Wikipedia
Old Norse dǫnsk tunga, dansk tunga ("Danish tongue"), norrœnt mál ("Norse language") Region Nordic countries, Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland, the Volga and places in-between Era developed into the various North Germanic languages by the 14th century Language family Indo-European Germanic North Germanic Old Norse Writing system Runic, later Latin (Old Norse alphabet)
Ollantaytambo Ruins
Ollantaytambo, Peru. Parts of this ancient city date back at least 12,000 years. Archeologists are still perplexed as to how some of the earliest humans were able to move massive blocks of granite (some weighing 50 tons) without the use of modern machinery. No tools have been unearthed in the area and the rocks appear to be “fused” together.
Stele D, Mayan site of Quiriguá, Guatemala
Ancient Alien Theory~ many ancient cultures believe their ancestors were visited by "star brothers" who came from the sky. This is one example of, what some believe, is a depiction of ancient advanced technology: Stele D, Mayan site of Quiriguá, Guatemala by Mikey Stephens, via Flickr
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The oldest known map ever found, this ancient clay tablet is dated to the 14th-13th century BCE. Inscribed on it (in cuneiform) is a map of the countryside around the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, located in the middle of the southern Mesopotamia floodplain, near the modern city of Diwaniyah
World’s Oldest Map
‘The Babylonian World Map, the earliest surviving map of the world (c. 600 BCE), is a symbolic, not a literal representation. It deliberately omits peoples such as the Persians and Egyptians, who were well known to the Babylonians. The area shown is depicted as a circular shape surrounded by water, which fits the religious image of the world in which the Babylonians believed.’
