Temples Older Than Pyramids Found (In Europe)

BBC ^ | Saturday June 11 2005

[nickcarraway]

A series of temples thought to be older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids have been uncovered by a team of archaeologists working in Europe. More than 150 monuments built between 4,800 BC and 4,600 BC have been found beneath the fields of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia.

They are thought to represent Europe's oldest civilisation.

The discoveries are so new that this temple building culture does not even have a name, The Independent reports.

Click here to try our ancient civilisations quiz The temples were made of earth and wood, with the buildings stretching for up to half a mile. It's thought that they were built by a religious community who lived together in "longhouses" up to 50m long.

Evidence of these buildings has been found across a 400-mile stretch of land, but it seems the civilisation died out after about 200 years.

[SunkenCiv]

The Ries Basin impact was about 15 million years ago, if memory serves.

[SunkenCiv]

If the Black Sea flood can be proven to be Noah's Flood, that was in 5600BC.

And that's a Big If. ;')

[Calvin Locke]

Well, then that's a bit out of the ball park...never mind.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I prefer the Dirt Culture. Iron Age, Bronze Age, Stone Age, Dirt Age.

[meema]

That's my first thought too, tet68.

[meema]

Thanks for the hotlink, sumocide. I printed it out to study. Love this kind of 'stuff'.

[SunkenCiv]

A little bit out, yeah. :')

"That ball wouldn't have been out of a lot of parks."

"Name one."

"Yellowstone."

[SunkenCiv]

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[wafflehouse]

LOL

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Very interesting. Me thinks they were built by late Cro-Magnon Druids high on mead, but who I am to say ?

[SunkenCiv]

keys david Europe's oldest civilisation

Google

[stockpirate]

There is information out there that some of the buildings in Egypt are over 10,000 years old.

[RS]

"The temples were made of earth and wood, with the buildings stretching for up to half a mile. It's thought that they were built by a religious community who lived together in "longhouses" up to 50m long."

Sounds like Norsemen - bet they went further north when Global Warming started ...

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

monuments built between 4,800 BC and 4,600 BC have been found beneath the fields of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia...The discoveries are so new that this temple building culture does not even have a name

The Third Reich B.C.?

[finnman69]

[Grzegorz 246]

Black Sea flood ?

[ASA Vet]

digging and refilling trenches as ritualistic?

Maybe a Army basic training ritual?
DIs say, "Dig a fighting position over there. Ok, fill in in, and dig one over there."

[Mamzelle]

LOL! Makes a lot more sense than the theories posed in this article...

[John O]

but it seems the civilisation died out after about 200 years

And it's now been proven (by the traces of lavender pastel paint) that they were gay. They are now proud democrat voters < /sarc>

[sonofron]

There is some pretty old stuff here...

http://www.lessing4.de/megaliths/start.htm