The oldest map in the world, discovered in Ukraine in 1966, is from about 10,000 B.C. Inscribed on a mammoth tusk it was found in Mezhirich, Ukraine. It was found in a Ukrainian tomb dated at 5,000 years old. The oldest known map in the world, discovered by archeologists, is from 12,000 B.C. and was found in Mezhirich, Ukraine. The second map from 3,000 B.C. is from Malikop, Kuban Region which is Ukrainian ethnographic territory but outside Ukraine. From the book Ancient Inventions .
Cooking is essential to make food palatable.
The oldest known house in the world is a remarkable dwelling found at Mezhirich, near Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It was found in 1965 by a Ukrainian farmer who was digging a new cellar six feet below his home. It is made of mammoth bones and was built about 15,000 years ago. It formed part of a village and was so strongly built that it would have lasted several generations. This would indicate that the inhabitants were settled agriculturalists rather than nomad hunters.