Large wooden box found in Bronze age village

[Imperial Dave]

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....

[Ian61]

Looks nicely made. A useful box for putting things in.

[Imperial Dave]

Figures....? 

[Erpingham]

I now expect European Bronze Age armies to feature such boxes in their baggage elements.

[Adrian Nayler]

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.

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Cantabrigian]

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.

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Denis Grey]

Do they know the cat's name?

[Erpingham]

Do they know the cat's name?

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