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Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed
theage.com ^
| 6/11/05
| AFP
Posted on 06/11/2005 2:02:58 PM PDT by wagglebee
Europe's oldest civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, it was reported yesterday.
More than 150 large temples, constructed between 4800 BC and 4600 BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slovakia, predating the pyramids in Egypt by some 2,000 years, The Independent newspaper revealed.
The network of temples, made of earth and wood, were constructed by a religious people whose economy appears to have been based on livestock farming, The Independent reported.
Excavations have taken place over the past three years but the discovery is so new that the civilisation has not yet been named.
The most complex centre discovered so far, beneath the city of Dresden in Saxony, eastern Germany, comprises a temple surrounded by four ditches, three earthen banks and two palisades.
"Our excavations have revealed the degree of monumental vision and sophistication used by these early farming communities to create Europe's first truly large scale earthwork complexes," said Harald Staeuble, from the Saxony state government's heritage department.
The temples, up to 150 metres in diameter, were made by a people who lived in long houses and villages, the newspaper said.
Stone, bone and wooden tools have been unearthed, along with ceramic figures of people and animals.
A village at Aythra, near Leipzig in eastern Germany, was home to some 300 people living in up to 20 large buildings around the temple.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientastronauts; archaeology; archeology; europe; europeancivilization; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; mithraism; picts; zarathustra
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If these temples predate the Egyptian pyramids by 2000 years, it dramatically changes the history of technology and civilization.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:02:59 PM PDT
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wagglebee
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:03:17 PM PDT
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wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Got a simultaneous thread.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:04:44 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I know nothing, and less every day)
To: wagglebee
Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:05:15 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:05:31 PM PDT
by
Conservatrix
("He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.")
To: RightWhale
Please post the link, so people can cross reference the posts. Thanks.
To: wagglebee
Already posted over
here.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:08:01 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
But that one didn't have the key words GGG added.
I looked for it, after someone mentioned the other article and didn't come up on GGG keyword search.
I addedd the GGG now.
To: blam
The titles are totally different, so the search missed it.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:10:11 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Stone, bone and wooden tools have been unearthed, along with ceramic figures of people and animals. Ceramic figures? WOW!
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:10:50 PM PDT
by
infocats
To: wagglebee
I didn't see the earlier ones, so I am glad you posted this one. :)
To: wagglebee
And the article you posted has more details too.
To: wagglebee
"The titles are totally different, so the search missed it." Happens to us all, lol. (No problem)
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:14:31 PM PDT
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blam
To: FairOpinion
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:14:38 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Very interesting, thanks!
To: wagglebee
If these temples predate the Egyptian pyramids by 2000 years, it dramatically changes the history of technology and civilization. They can no longer wear the tag: Cradle of Civilization.
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06/11/2005 2:21:09 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: wagglebee
Who is the goofball who added "ancient astronauts" to the keywords?
How embarrassing...
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:27:13 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(It's 2005, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
To: wagglebee
If these temples predate the Egyptian pyramids by 2000 years, it dramatically changes the history of technology and civilization.****************
This is very exciting news.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:28:29 PM PDT
by
trisham
("Live Free or Die," General John Stark, July 31, 1809)
To: pbrown
I believe the "Fertice Crescent" in present-day Iraq would still be the "Cradle of Civilization;" however, this dramatically changes historical views of technological development and European migration.
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posted on
06/11/2005 2:29:13 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I believe the "Fertice Crescent" in present-day Iraq would still be the "Cradle of Civilization;" however, this dramatically changes historical views of technological development and European migration. It certainly does.
Correct me if I'm mistaken but, wasn't the first alphabet created in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq?
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06/11/2005 2:33:32 PM PDT
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processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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