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5000 BCE
MUNGO MAN AND MUNGO LADY
Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, discovered at Lake Mungo in western New South Wales, are the oldest known human remains in Australia, dating back approximately 42,000 years, and provide evidence of early human ritual practices. -
3300 BCE
OTZI THE ICEMAN
Ötzi the Iceman, a well-preserved natural mummy discovered in 1991 in the Ötztal Alps, is a Copper Age man who lived around 3350-3105 BC, offering a unique glimpse into the lives of early Europeans. -
3000 BCE
mesopotimian cuneiform
Cuneiform, meaning "wedge-shaped" in Latin, is an ancient Mesopotamian writing system developed by the Sumerians around 3200 BCE, using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets with a stylus. -
3000 BCE
GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT
Great Pyramid of Giza, ancient Egyptian pyramid that is the largest of the three Pyramids of Giza, located on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River in northern Egypt. It was built by Khufu (Cheops), the second king of Egypt's 4th dynasty (c. -
2000 BCE
NARRBEEN MAN
The "Narrabeen Man" refers to the 4,000-year-old skeleton of an Aboriginal Australian man found in Narrabeen, Sydney, in 2005, during excavation work for electricity cables. The remains, dated to around 4,000 years ago, suggest a possible ritual or punishment killing by spearing. -
earliest evidence of Aboriginal people in Australia
Archeologists have dated these artefacts to be at least 65,000 years old. The Madjedbebe site revealed that Aboriginal people made and used stone tools, ochre crayons and other pigments. This discovery includes the oldest known examples in the world of the use of the micaceous pigment