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Unearthed! in October 2021, part 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Oldest Coin Making Facility in the World

Researchers have found southern italy's oldest genetic evidence of ursenia pestus, that's the bacterium that causes plague. Archaeologists in china have unearthed the oldest known coin making facility in the world. The site is associated with the ancient city of gwanjaung, which was founded around 800 b c.

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