8 Prehistoric Granaries Found In Egypt (9,000 Years Old)

The Ledger ^ | 12-28-2004

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Published Tuesday, December 28, 2004

8 Prehistoric Granaries Found in Egypt

The Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt

An American excavation mission has unearthed eight granaries that are relics from agricultural life in the Neolithic era, the Egyptian culture minister said in a statement Tuesday.

The granaries were discovered last week in Fayoum, an oasis some 50 miles southwest of Cairo, Farouk Hosni said in the statement. The statement said the granaries date back to the Neolithic era that began around 9,000 B.C., known as a transition point from roaming and hunting societies to an agricultural one.

Hosni added that "those granaries reveal the agriculture technique and system used by this prehistoric community."

Top antiquities official Zahi Hawass also described the "unique" granaries as "our witness of the oldest agriculture communities of Egypt."

Hawass added that the "excellent" preservation of the granaries has helped scientists to understand the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural lifestyles.

William Z. Wendrich, the head of the American archaeological mission, said in the statement that the granaries were found north of a site where several granaries full of Emmer wheat, flax and fruit were found in 1926.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Jay777]

Not nice to call people's granny prehistoric. :p

[BikerNYC]

That's impossible. Everyone knows that the world was created in 4004 BC. On October 23rd, to be exact. A Sunday.

[Redcloak]

This isn't about old birds?

[Uncle Miltie]

Did they find any well-aged beer?

[eastsider]

They were created to look prehistoric : )

[BikerNYC]

The fiends!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[albee]

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[escapefromboston]

Why would Aliens come all the way across the cosmos to Earth and build granaries??? This article makes no sense.

[SunkenCiv]

all set, added, pinged you once in another new topic, and sent you the welcome email. :') Have a great 2005.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Look closer - the inscription is likely to be "By the Royal Order of Joseph - sealed Fat Year #3 - not to be opened prior to Lean Year #4"

[Phantom Lord]

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton PeopleAL JIZAH, EGYPT—A team of British and Egyptian archaeologists made a stunning discovery Monday, unearthing several intact specimens of "skeleton people"—skinless, organless humans who populated the Nile delta region an estimated 6,000 years ago.

Follow the link for the full story.

[ForGod'sSake]

Did they find any well-aged beer?

The locusts drank it.

FGS

[ForGod'sSake]

heh,heh. First time I've read an Onion article. Funny.

FGS

[rarestia]

Please add me to the G,G & G list. Grazi!

[Fitzcarraldo]

Indiana Jones has been working overtime.

[bigsigh]

I'm sure my local bijou will buy the grain for popping corn.

[-=Wing_0_Walker=-]

Zahi Hawass ... slowly I turned, step, by step...

Hawass is a bureaucrat that seems to want his name to be synonymous to Egyptology. He does SQUAT! He takes others findings and theories and personalizes them... yect!