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[bill cobbett]

Researchers in Bulgaria have discovered what they claim to be Europe's oldest town.

Seems to have been a centre of salt production dating back to an astonishing 4200 to 4700 BC and home to some 350 people.

To put it in some kind of time context it pre-dates the (obviously much, much larger) Ur of the Sumerians by some centuries.

Evidence of high structures built out of solid stone blocks have been found.

Here's a picky...



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20156681

[CBBB]

Researchers in Bulgaria have discovered what they claim to be Europe's oldest town.

Seems to have been a centre of salt production dating back to an astonishing 4200 to 4700 BC and home to some 350 people.

To put it in some kind of time context it pre-dates the (obviously much, much larger) Ur of the Sumerians by some centuries.

Evidence of high structures built out of solid stone blocks have been found.

Here's a picky...



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20156681

This will piss off the descendant of the pygmy hippo eating Choirokitian!

[kurupetos]

I guess that's why Greeks had to move southern. It makes perfect sense.

[supporttheunderdog]

I would just like to point out the Choirokotia can be dated back to at least 6000 BC which makes it about 1300 years older than this upstart Bulgarian settlement ...even that is young compared to the Kilmonas settelement, a village community possibly dating back to 9000BC.....while India may have had a city culture 9500 years ago -