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Prehistory and Origins

Temples Older Than Pyramids Found (In Europe)

Posted by nickcarraway
On News/Activism 06/11/2005 12:54:56 PM PDT · 62 replies · 1,552+ views

BBC | Saturday June 11 2005
A series of temples thought to be older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids have been uncovered by a team of archaeologists working in Europe. More than 150 monuments built between 4,800 BC and 4,600 BC have been found beneath the fields of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia. They are thought to represent Europe's oldest civilisation. The discoveries are so new that this temple building culture does not even have a name, The Independent reports. Click here to try our ancient civilisations quiz The temples were made of earth and wood, with the buildings stretching for up to half a mile....

Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed

Posted by wagglebee
On News/Activism 06/11/2005 2:02:58 PM PDT · 31 replies · 808+ views

theage.com | 6/11/05 | AFP
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...

Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed: report

Posted by STARWISE
On General/Chat 06/11/2005 9:38:16 PM PDT · 8 replies · 153+ views

Yahoo/AFP | 6-11-05
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's oldest civilisation has reportedly been discovered by archaelogists across the continent. 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. (snip) The most complex centre discovered so far, beneath the city of Dresden in Saxony, eastern Germany, comprises a temple...

Prehistory and Origins
Temples Older Than Pyramids Found (In Europe)
	Posted by nickcarraway On News/Activism 06/11/2005 12:54:56 PM PDT · 62 replies · 1,552+ views BBC \| Saturday June 11 2005 A series of temples thought to be older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids have been uncovered by a team of archaeologists working in Europe. More than 150 monuments built between 4,800 BC and 4,600 BC have been found beneath the fields of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia. They are thought to represent Europe's oldest civilisation. The discoveries are so new that this temple building culture does not even have a name, The Independent reports. Click here to try our ancient civilisations quiz The temples were made of earth and wood, with the buildings stretching for up to half a mile....

Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed
	Posted by wagglebee On News/Activism 06/11/2005 2:02:58 PM PDT · 31 replies · 808+ views theage.com \| 6/11/05 \| AFP 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...

Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed: report
	Posted by STARWISE On General/Chat 06/11/2005 9:38:16 PM PDT · 8 replies · 153+ views Yahoo/AFP \| 6-11-05 LONDON (AFP) - Europe's oldest civilisation has reportedly been discovered by archaelogists across the continent. 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. (snip) The most complex centre discovered so far, beneath the city of Dresden in Saxony, eastern Germany, comprises a temple...