15. This Child’s Drawing is 700 Years Old
This picture looks like it could have been created by a child today. However, archeologists found it in the Novgorod region of Russia at a site that dates back to between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries CE. In the upper right-hand corner, the child may have been practicing the letters of the Old Slavic alphabet. He may have gotten bored and shown his artistic penchant for warriors and horses. The child drew the picture on birch bark, and the boy, known as Onfim, may have belonged to a wealthy family that had the means to educate him.
