Episode 98: A Bronze Map of Stone

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that a 4,000-year-old carved stone slab is Europe’s oldest known map.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/2034/a-bronze-map-of-stone/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='http://www.prehistoire.org/shop_515-47906-5446-800/04-2021-tome-118-1-p.-99-146-c.-nicolas-y.-pailler-p.-stephan-j.-pierson-l.-aubry-b.-le-gall-b.-le-gall-v.-lacombe-j.-rolet-la-carte-et-le-territoire-la-dalle-gravee-du-bronze-ancien-de-saint-belec-leuhan-finistere.html'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Map’ by Biswamit Dwibedy <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/150252/map-5cfa8523bab58'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>