Thanks SteveH.
Posted on 08/11/2023 4:11:57 AM PDT by FarCenter
LIN (Albania) (AFP) – Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the "Pearl of the Balkans", scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the mystery of why it sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes.
A stretch of the Albanian shore of the lake once hosted a settlement of stilt houses some 8,000 years ago, archaeologists believe, making it the oldest lakeside village in Europe discovered to date.
Radiocarbon dating from the site puts it at between 6000 and 5800 BC.
"It is several hundred years older than previously known lake-dwelling sites in the Mediterranean and Alpine regions," said Albert Hafner, a professor of archaeology from Switzerland's University of Bern.
"To our knowledge, it is the oldest in Europe," he told AFP.
The most ancient other such villages were discovered in the Italian Alps and date to around 5000 BC, said the expert in European Neolithic lake dwellings.
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LOL
God bless the government grants…
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They had to protect themselves from roving bands of savage Neanderthals or people with COVID.
If a person wants to destroy a nation but lacks the resources to do so they promote its adversaries while discouraging defense against them. Example: They become a journalist to promote and defend interlopers, invaders and attackers while discouraging citizens from defending themselves.
Humans in general are natually (by nature) selfish, aggressive, amoral, and smart enough to take from others as they see fit.
Their spirit needs the guidance, wisdom, and self-control that only came from the Father, and purchased for us by the Son. Otherwise we are lost. (For examples see everywhere)
“why did the villagers need to build such extensive fortifications”
Because even then they had leftists who wanted to take other people’s stuff instead of working for it.
Today the just have the government take your money for them.
Thanks SteveH.
And their descendants are still here to this day...................
Number 12 was meant for you. I figured you’d know which kinds of goblins and beasties were around back then.
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