1.2 Million Year Old Tools, 20 kyo Proto Writing, and Crazy Rich Egyptians! - TAS 204

What this episode covers

There's some "mind-blowing" news in archaeology this week! We start with early hominids in Ethiopia using tools 500,000 years earlier than anything thought. Then we move to a possible 20,000 year old writing system in rock art. Finally, the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt was covered in gold! What else will they find there? Links * Archaeologists Discover 1.2 Million-Year-Old 'Workshop' in Mind-Blowing Find [https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zx77/archaeologists-discover-12-million-year-old-workshop-in-mind-blowing-find] * A surge in obsidian exploitation more than 1.2 million years ago at Simbiro III (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia) (Abstract and figures only) [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01970-1] * Cave drawings from 20,000 years ago may feature an early form of writing [https://www.popsci.com/science/early-cave-writing-calendar/] * Could These Cave Markings Be the Earliest Form of Writing? [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-these-cave-markings-be-the-earliest-form-of-writing-180981403/] * An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar (open access) [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19] * Pseudo-Arch Podcast: The Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 96 [https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/96] * Body Ritual Among the Nacirema [https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf] * Archaeologists may have found Egypt's oldest mummy [https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-oldest-mummy-uncovered-intl-scli-scn/index.html] Contact * Chris Webster [email protected] * Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/rachelunraveled/] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]