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| Subject: Oldest European settlement found Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:49 pm | |
| A prehistoric town unearthed in eastern Bulgaria is the oldest urban settlement found to date in Europe, a Bulgarian archaeologist said Thursday.
Vasil Nikolov, a professor from Bulgaria's National Institute of Archaeology, said the stone walls excavated by his team near the town of Provadia are estimated to date between 4700 and 4200BC.
He said the walls, which are 3 metres high and 2 metres thick, are believed to be the earliest and most massive fortifications from Europe's prehistory.
"We started excavation work in 2005, but only after this archaeological season did we gather enough evidence to back up this claim," Nikolov told The Associated Press.
The team has so far unearthed remains of a settlement of two-storey houses with a diameter of about 100 metres encircled by a fortified wall.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/7898526/Oldest-European-settlement-found |
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| Subject: Re: Oldest European settlement found Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:52 pm | |
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