[Billthedrill]

Welllll....it's kind of a stretch, but I wish them luck. Actually, both Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations go back before 2500 BC, and the Indus Valley civilization may be even older, but this is a newspaper and not a textbook. Part of the problem is the definition of what constitutes a "civilization" - a collection of mud huts around a temple may or may not qualify depending on where you set the bar. I'll be following this story in the hopes they unearth more.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See the link above!

[arthurus]

temple may or may not qualify depending on where you set the bar.

To qualify as civilization, a place definitely has got to have a bar or two. A town is just not civilized without a saloon.