Worth knowing
Timor-Leste
The cave, Jerimalai, also held a fish hook carved from shell between 16,000 and 23,000 years ago, among the earliest ever found. Catching tuna in open water takes boats, planning and skill.
Where its story happens
Jerimalai cave, at 8.39°S, 127.27°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Timor-Leste
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Timor-Leste (East Timor), the eastern half of an island between Indonesia and Australia. See Timor-Leste on a map.
- It became independent in 2002, the first new country of the 21st century, and its capital is Dili.
- Most of its people are Catholic, and Portuguese is one of its two official languages.
- Its name says 'east' twice, in two different languages.
- Fish bones in a cave here show that people were catching tuna from the open sea 42,000 years ago.