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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on March 23, 2025, 06:04:46 AM

Title: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 23, 2025, 06:04:46 AM
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/03/an-unusual-wooden-box-of-unknown-function-found-in-a-huge-bronze-age-village-in-northern-france/

As long as it doesn't belong to Pandora we should be alright....
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Ian61 on March 23, 2025, 07:38:51 AM
Looks nicely made. A useful box for putting things in.
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 23, 2025, 07:39:44 AM
Figures....?  ;D
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Erpingham on March 23, 2025, 09:47:11 AM
I now expect European Bronze Age armies to feature such boxes in their baggage elements.
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Adrian Nayler on March 23, 2025, 12:04:22 PM
This is a remarkable discovery but we should recognise that the headline photograph of the box is a computer reimagination. The actual remains are more fragmentary. Welcome to the future of the past.
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 23, 2025, 12:28:06 PM
 :-[
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Cantabrigian on March 24, 2025, 01:39:00 PM
They've now scanned the box, and discovered that (perhaps unsurprisingly) it contains a cat.

They're not sure whether the cat is dead or alive yet.
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 24, 2025, 02:28:36 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Denis Grey on March 24, 2025, 04:21:41 PM
Do they know the cat's name?
Title: Re: Large wooden box found in Bronze age village
Post by: Erpingham on March 24, 2025, 04:54:20 PM
Quote from: Denis Grey on March 24, 2025, 04:21:41 PMDo they know the cat's name?

Probably not.  Any scan powerful enough to read its collar tag would risk serious damage to the kitty.