8,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Found Inside the World’s Largest Meteorite Crater | Ancient Architects
发布时间 2019-06-15 18:07:25 来源
摘要
The Vredefort Structure in South Africa is the largest, and second oldest meteorite Impact Crater on Earth, 190 miles wide and created by a 10-mile wide asteroid that struck the earth approximately 2 billion years ago.
Scientists estimate is was travelling at almost 43,500 miles per hour when it struck the Earth and although today the crater is greatly eroded, you can still see the shape of the crater in satellite imagery.
It is largest than the Chicxulub site in Mexico that was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs approximately 65 million years ago and today, it is a UNSECO World Heritage Site because of its geological interest.
But now the crater is also of archaeological interest because whilst geologists were working on the site, they stumbled across a number of ancient engravings also known as petroglyphs, finds that will help experts learn about ancient human civilisation in Southern Africa. Watch the video to find out more about these amazing discoveries.
All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only.
Sources:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/vredefort-crater-0012142
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-carvings-biggest-impact-crater-1443822
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