Archaeologists in Ukraine have unearthed a 6,000-year-old temple site near the ancient settlement of Nebelivka, roughly 160 miles south of Kiev, by digging up a 60-by-21-meter site believed to be one of the oldest mega-structures in human history. Sci-News reports that the ancient site belonged to the Trypillian culture, which lasted from approximately 5,400-2,700 B.C. and extended from the Carpathian piedmont to the Black Sea. The culture was complex, boasting early advancements in metallurgy, pottery and textiles. According to researcher Mikhail Videyko, the temple was likely two stories tall, the largest of its kind on the site, and may have been the center of a complex plan as the central temple of the whole village community. Each single-habitation Trypillian settlement appears to have been burnt to the ground after about 60 to 80 years of continuous occupation for reasons unknown to current researchers, including the temple site. mic/articles/107298/archaeologists-have-unearthed-a-6-000-year-old-mega-temple-built-by-a-matriarchal-society
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:48:13 +0000
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