Archaeologists in Wisconsin recovered a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe at a local lake four years ago. Now, they believe there may be more in the area, with some even predating the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
The original discovery occurred in 2021, when researchers at the Wisconsin Historical Society found the ancient vessel in Lake Mendota, a 9,781-acre lake in Madison, submerged 24 feet.
A year later, the same group retrieved yet another set of canoes, this time even older, with one suspected to be 3,000 years old, another 4,500 years old, and yet another 2,000 years old.
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Over time, archaeologists have continued to find vessels, amounting to at least 16 canoes submerged in the lake’s bed. Eventually, they came to the conclusion that the vessels may have been intentionally placed there for anyone to use as they traveled, to build a program like today’s e-bike rack. In other words, the canoes were probably shared among community members and stored at designated locations, such as the Lake Mendota site…