Europe's oldest civilisation unearthed

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

[wagglebee]

You are correct about the alphabet.
http://phoenicia.org/alphabet.html
http://www.ancientscripts.com/alphabet.html

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Fantastic links, thanks. I won't even try to delve into the Phoenician numerals. :-)

The alphabet family tree is a great visual tool for me.

[AntiGuv]

Very neat! I wish there was some more info about the background and subsequent fate of these people except that they arrived in Germany from the Danube Basin.

[little jeremiah]

Sanskrit predates that.

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Sanskrit predates that.

I've heard of Sanskrit but I didn't know it predates it. Do you have a link? I would love to read it.

[endthematrix]

Clay and logs don't measure to the sophistication of Egypt a even a millennia later. They don't list the height. I sure it wasn't towering, just an area to worship. The base of the Great Pyramid was 230 meters...one block about a ton?

[little jeremiah]

Sorry, I don't. I should put together some 'net info on Sanskrit and the ancient Vedic culture.

Sanskrit is the mother of all Indo-European languages, very very ancient.

I've read a book which gives lists of Sanskrit derived words in almost every European and many other languages. I don't read it myself (different alphabet) but am familiar with many words, and it is amazing how many English words are Sanskrit derived. Often dictionaries do not mention the Sanskrit derivation; they'll say Old English, or Latin, or Greek. But I'll know that it's Sanskrit.

Take the word "tumultuous" - the Sanskrit word is (written in English letters) "tumulo". Or "youth" - "yauvana". Or "daugher" - "duhitra". "Three" - "trai". I could go on and on.

The Vedic culture was very ancient when Egypt and Greece were pre-history.

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Thanks. I'll just use 'Sanskrit' as keyword on the net and see what I can find.

[FreeReign]

I wish there was some more info about the background and subsequent fate of these people except that they arrived in Germany from the Danube Basin.

See this Link.

After the last Ice Age, it appears that the general migration came from Spain between 8K and 10K BC.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

this is a duplicate thread, more or less, the following is the oldest one:

Temples Older Than Pyramids Found (In Europe)
BBC | Saturday June 11 2005
Posted on 06/11/2005 12:54:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421011/posts

[Sam Cree]

fascinating