6th Millennium Bc

an ancient UAE mystery revealed

Edit The National 15 May 2016

The earliest finds uncovered at UAQ2 date to the 6th millennium BC, which make the site the oldest Neolithic coastal settlement to have been discovered on the southern shores of the Arabian Gulf ... "Buhais is a well-known cemetery from the 5th millennium BC and if you study the jewellery there its style is sufficiently different to tell us that the people at UAQ2 or Akab did not belong to the same group." ... nleech@thenational.ae ... ....

Mass Grave Reveals Organised Violence Among Europe’s First Farmers

Edit IFL Science 18 Aug 2015

The discovery of 26 bodies with lethal injuries in a 7,000 year old mass grave in Germany provides more evidence of organised large-scale violence in Neolithic Europe ... Joostik, CC BY-SA ... While there is some evidence of a climatic downturn at the end of the 6th millennium BC, there is still considerable leeway in the dating of both this downturn, and in the massacres discussed here, making it very difficult to link them in a causal way....

See the Balkans by train with Railbooker's Balkan Explorer

Edit South China Morning Post 12 Apr 2015

Rain falls softly on Sarajevo, the sombre, almost melancholic capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Strategically located on the Sava and Danube rivers, Belgrade has a long history of being under attack; occupied since the 6th millennium BC, it was captured by the Celts in 279BC, then the Romans, then the Slavs, then raided another 113 times, and razed completely to the ground on 44 of those occasions ... Belgrade is not a pretty city ... ....

Unrivalled riches of Nimrud, capital of world's first empire

Edit BBC News 06 Mar 2015

The people of Iraq are justifiably proud of this ancient heritage and its innovations and impact on the world ... Nimrud was the capital of the world's first empire, the Neo-Assyrian Empire of the 1st millennium BC ... The site was first established by the 6th millennium BC but was expanded and developed into the ancient imperial city of Kalhu by King Ashurnasirpal II from about 880 BC ... Hunting lions ... Banquet for 70,000 ... ....

8,000-year-old olive oil found in ancient clay pots

Edit Mashable 22 Dec 2014

Ancient people pressed olive oil as far back as 8,000 years ago in Israel, a new study finds. Researchers found residues of the Mediterranean-diet staple on ancient clay pots dating back to the 6th millennium B.C ... SEE ALSO. Photos of the fragments and reconstructed clay vessels. The team discovered the clay vessels by accident ... could widen Highway 79 ... Milevski and Getzov wanted to find out what had once been stored in the vessels....

8,000-Year-Old Olive Oil Traces Found In Israel

Edit Business Insider 22 Dec 2014

Courtesy Israel Antiquities AuthorityResearchers suspected that people began domesticating olive trees about 8,000 to 6,000 years ago, but this is the first evidence of olive oil in the country of Israel. See Also. Ancient people pressed olive oil as far back as 8,000 years ago in Israel, a new study finds. Researchers found residues of the staple on ancient clay pots dating back to the 6th millennium B.C ... [] ... could widen Highway 79 ... Life....

An awl-inspiring find at Tel Tsaf: The oldest metal object found to date in the Middle East (University of Haifa)

Edit noodls 21 Aug 2014

According to the study, which appeared in the prestigious journal PLOS One, the awl dates back to the late 6th millennium or the early 5th millennium BCE, moving back by several hundred years the date it was previously thought that the peoples of the region began to use metals....

These Earthen "Beehive" Houses Have Been Keeping Syrians Naturally Cool for Centuries

Edit Inhabitat 18 Jun 2014

 . . Middle Easterners have been beating the heat without air conditioning for centuries ... . Beehive homes can be found in the thick of hot deserts and cities. Most are found in rural farming communities, but there are even villages of them located in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, which has been continually inhabited since the 6th millennium BC. The Aleppo beehive homes are used for both storage and residences ... ....

RaboDirect PRO12: Round 20 Preview (Irish Rugby Football Union)

Edit noodls 17 Apr 2014

(Source. Irish Rugby Football Union) ... Winning this fixture is vital for either team's chances of securing home advantage at the semi-final stage ... On Easter Sunday, there will be some added spice for the 'Judgement Day' double header at the Millennium Stadium ... Cardiff Blues (9th) v Scarlets (6th), Millennium Stadium, 2pm (live BBC 2 Wales). Newport Gwent Dragons (10th) v Ospreys (5th), Millennium Stadium, 4.45pm (live S4C)....

World's oldest cheese found buried with Chinese mummies

Edit Celebrity Café 28 Feb 2014

Even the most high-brow aged cheese have nothing on this ... Cheese was made in Europe in the 6th millennium B.C. and was commonplace in Egypt and Mesopotamia in 3rd millennium B.C., but no remains of cheese had been found before now due to cheese's quick decomposition rate. Photo .. Follow @celcafe. Tweet ... ....

WANdisco Announces Subversion & Git Live 2014 (WANdisco plc)

Edit noodls 06 Feb 2014

(Source. WANdisco plc). New York and San Francisco Conferences Combine Presentations from Leading Industry Analysts and Open Source Experts with New Hands-On Workshops. SAN RAMON, Ca. - February 6, 2014 - WANdisco (LSE ... This year, the company has added a number of new hands-on Subversion and Git sessions to the lineup. Keynotes and General Sessions include ... New York - May 6th, Millennium Broadway Hotel, Register now ... About WANdisco....

Obama smart to stand back from Syria

Edit The Examiner 08 Jan 2014

“Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it has been inhabited since perhaps as early as the 6th millennium BC.[9] Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of the old city of Aleppo, show that the area was occupied since at least the latter part of the 3rd millennium BC;[10] and this is also when ......

UC San Diego Anthropology Professor Becomes Chair-Elect of ASOR Committee on Archaeological Policy (UCSD - University of California - San Diego)

Edit noodls 12 Dec 2013

(Source. UCSD - University of California - San Diego). Thomas E. Levy. Thomas E ... According to Oystein S ... The Levant is a geographic and cultural region along the Eastern Mediterranean ... The other students who presented papers include ... Kathleen Bennallack, who gave an overview of the lab's recent excavations of a unique 8th - 6th millennium BCE site titled, "Preliminary Excavation at Wadi Fidan 61 ... Ian W. N ... The paper was titled ... Media Contact....

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Miroslav Razum - Balkans in the Second Half of the 6th Millennium BC and it Connections to Anatolia

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