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Yes Stan, I agree. There are some starch grains discovered in one of my cubboards that look ancient and need to be dated. I also found an apple in my daughter's backpack that appears to be petrified.The business of dating by starch grains....
From the News Section.Turkish Daily News, 19 February 2007-- The partially submerged Liman Tepe, a major Early Bronze Age harbor town located in Izmir’s Urla district, possesses the world’s oldest breakwater, said archaeologist Professor Hayat Erkanal during a press conference last week. Breakwaters, an important part of modern nautical life worldwide, are constructed on or near coastal areas as a defense from incoming waters that protects ships as well as land from harsh weather and high tides.
stan wrote:I once dated a starchy girl.
7,000 yr.old temples found around Europe is not new news. It's very interesting actually. and I look forward to the study being published.Bulgarian archaeologists announce on Thursday they have made an incredible discovery in the Perperikon area, an ancient living region of Thracians.
The archaeologists said last summer they discovered the missing link in Thracian's history. They have found evidence for the transition from the late Bronze epoch to the early Iron epoch.
At the end of the Bronze epoch, as a result of cataclysms a global system is destroyed. Scientists call the system "East Mediterranean Civilization". After its end, there came the so called "dark ages" - a period, who until recent was a mystery for archaeologists.
According to Associate Professor of ancient history Krassimir Leshtakov, during the "dark ages" Thracian tribes have lived peacefully, thus creating a highly developed civilization. Finally, the world can see the "fruits" of this civilization at Perperikon.
News of a statue of Hera - mother of Herakles/Heracles/Hercules.THESSALONIKI, Greece - A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found in a wall of a city under Mount Olympus, mythical home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists announced Thursday.
but reading the web site news, it seems that there has been a sudden explosion of people digging up every where and finding things, even in Iran there has been a masive archaeological activity. I just hope the goverment there suddenly dosent decided to flood the area 
I really wouldnt worry about that, he wouldn't dareMinimalist wrote:Actually, I kind of hope that our government doesn't decide to carpet bomb the area.
and i think you will find that there are not that many people there who actually even think about that kind of attack.Hopefully, Bush is done with his overseas adventures and he will hold off on any more critical foreign policy decisions until a different administration takes over. Unfortunately, we Yanks may not get anything better.Then they should look at Iraq.
More on European oldest civilization. If this keeps up I'll have to revive that old thread.A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritis, Petres, Heimatitida and Zazari. Garments, women’s fashions and burial customs in northern Eordaia 3,000 years ago are coming to light among the hundreds of funeral offerings in a forgotten necropolis dating from the Iron Age in western Macedonia.
