Friday, July 22, 2005
friday freakish stuff; older than dirt
My folks and many relatives of mine always say they come from the "old country" - and, at first, I found that a bit of an odd thing to say... However, now, with the wisdom of the years accumulating here (slowly but surely - *lol*) I must say that there is PRIDE to have in getting old... and being old! And why not; so many truly odd things have people being "proud" nowadays... but I digress yet again...! The expression "old country" really is one that defines an entire continent - Europe, the "old world". The one with character, history, pizazz, charm, true architectural gems as also treasures...! THAT old world, yes!
Welcome to all European L.O.V.'s - by the way! Bemvindos! Benvuneto! Bienvenue!
In the luminous cornucopia corner - otherwise known as the (old?) "comments section" (*lol*) a fascinating article that just made the "old world" - suddenly older!
Or rather, with a richer history... Archeological digs have unearthed temples dating back to 4800 BC according to some estimates; these would thus be older than the pyramids of Egypt themselves!
Europe was always where the action was - and it still is! ;) Salud!
Welcome to all European L.O.V.'s - by the way! Bemvindos! Benvuneto! Bienvenue!
In the luminous cornucopia corner - otherwise known as the (old?) "comments section" (*lol*) a fascinating article that just made the "old world" - suddenly older!
Or rather, with a richer history... Archeological digs have unearthed temples dating back to 4800 BC according to some estimates; these would thus be older than the pyramids of Egypt themselves!
Europe was always where the action was - and it still is! ;) Salud!
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Europe find 'older than pyramids'
June 12, 2005
The Sun-Herald
Europe's oldest civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, it was reported yesterday.
More than 150 large temples, built between 4800BC and 4600BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slovakia, predating the pyramids in Egypt by about 2000 years, London's The Independent newspaper has reported.
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.
Excavations have taken place over the past three years, but the discovery is so new that the civilisation has not yet been named.
The most complex centre discovered so far, beneath the city of Dresden in Saxony, eastern Germany, comprises a temple surrounded by four ditches, three earthen banks and two palisades.
"Our excavations have revealed the degree of monumental vision and sophistication used by these early farming communities to create Europe's first truly large-scale earthwork complexes," said Harald Staeuble, from the Saxony state government's heritage department.
The temples, up to 150 metres in diameter, were made by a people who lived in long houses and villages, the newspaper said.
Stone, bone and wooden tools have been unearthed, along with ceramic figures of people and animals.
A village at Aythra, near Leipzig in eastern Germany, was home to about 300 people living in up to 20 large buildings around the temple.
June 12, 2005
The Sun-Herald
Europe's oldest civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, it was reported yesterday.
More than 150 large temples, built between 4800BC and 4600BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slovakia, predating the pyramids in Egypt by about 2000 years, London's The Independent newspaper has reported.
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.
Excavations have taken place over the past three years, but the discovery is so new that the civilisation has not yet been named.
The most complex centre discovered so far, beneath the city of Dresden in Saxony, eastern Germany, comprises a temple surrounded by four ditches, three earthen banks and two palisades.
"Our excavations have revealed the degree of monumental vision and sophistication used by these early farming communities to create Europe's first truly large-scale earthwork complexes," said Harald Staeuble, from the Saxony state government's heritage department.
The temples, up to 150 metres in diameter, were made by a people who lived in long houses and villages, the newspaper said.
Stone, bone and wooden tools have been unearthed, along with ceramic figures of people and animals.
A village at Aythra, near Leipzig in eastern Germany, was home to about 300 people living in up to 20 large buildings around the temple.
''300 people living in up to 20 large buildings around the temple'' though...?!?
Yikes... they had apartment buildings back then too?!?
:(
*lol*
Yikes... they had apartment buildings back then too?!?
:(
*lol*
Luciano,
This is so cool!! I LOVE archaeology! It would be really neat to be able to see pictures of the temples that were unearthed. Better yet, I would love to be able to be there and see them in person! What an awesome discoveries those were. :)
Two of the things I would have liked to be if I had been able to, is a paleontologist or an archaeologist!
Were any of the temples that were unearthed in the area believed to be old Babylon?
I can't remember at the moment where that is, because I just woke up. It sure would be interesting if one of them really was found in old Babylon!
I think I have the End Times, The Apocalypse, etc... on my mind. So when thinking of those unearthed temples I thought of those "Left Behind" books. In the books the Antichrist sets up his headquarters in Babylon and it becomes New Babylon.
Thank You so much for posting about this! It is all very facinating to me.
((HUGS)) ()O()
Countess
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This is so cool!! I LOVE archaeology! It would be really neat to be able to see pictures of the temples that were unearthed. Better yet, I would love to be able to be there and see them in person! What an awesome discoveries those were. :)
Two of the things I would have liked to be if I had been able to, is a paleontologist or an archaeologist!
Were any of the temples that were unearthed in the area believed to be old Babylon?
I can't remember at the moment where that is, because I just woke up. It sure would be interesting if one of them really was found in old Babylon!
I think I have the End Times, The Apocalypse, etc... on my mind. So when thinking of those unearthed temples I thought of those "Left Behind" books. In the books the Antichrist sets up his headquarters in Babylon and it becomes New Babylon.
Thank You so much for posting about this! It is all very facinating to me.
((HUGS)) ()O()
Countess
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