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Market Scenes, Ljubljana, Slovenia
A stall—under the Jože Plečnik-designed colonnade of Ljubljana's lively open-air market on Pogačarjev trg—selling wooden crafts and reproductions of the painted, allegorcial scenes that for centuries have mosaicked the doors of Slovenian beehives (see the next photo for details). The friendly and informative lady running the stall also sells flutes, one of which I bought. This might seem more significant once you learn that, in November 2003, in one of Slovenia's innumerable karst caves, archaeologists uncovered what they believe to be the oldest flute in the world. It's a length of bone (young cave bear femur, if you must know) pierced by round holes, and dates back roughly 45,000 years, which pegs it sometime during the Early Upper or Middle Palaeolithic. It offers intriguing evidence that Neanderthal man (though it could conceivably be Cro Magnon) was far more advanced, both mechanically and artistically, than previously thought. Speaking of ancient feats of engineering, you know how everyone's always going on about the invention of the wheel (that and, for some reason, sliced bread)? Well, guess what? Yep: Slovenia. Back in March 2003, they uncovered a wooden wheel that's between 5,100 and 5,320 years old about 30 miles south of Ljubljana, putting Slovenia into the running—along with, I guess, the Hittites—as the ones behind mankind's most storied innovation.

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