Posted on 03/16/2006 2:05:58 PM PST by blam
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I would love to see some of the artifacts.
Gawd, I love these archaeology posts! 9000 years, makes the city of Troy look like a youngster by comparison.
Yeah. Didn't they also discover a civilization with plumbing in India dating 9th century BC or so?
Was not aware they were building walled cities that far back. Intresting find!
I thought that Jericho was the oldest walled city.
Yes, I think you are right about Jericho, but could not be much older than 9,000 years. Anybody in FREEPERLAND know?
Thanks Blam, I knew a FREEPER would know!
9,000 yrs old ....but I was told that the earth was 6,000 ..... ah fuhgedaboutit! LOL.
"9,000 yrs old ....but I was told that the earth was 6,000"
When the earth appeared, the city was already 3000 years old and drifting in space.
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I wholeheartedly agree!
9,000 years and it was walled. Great find.
Yup. Spring has 'sprung' here. Everyone outside planting and cleaning flower beds, birds singing and etc. My Eastern Blue Birds have built a nest and have already laid their eggs. Beautiful weather.
Thanks.
Jericho is defined as an extremely old "settlement", but not a "city" like Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro.
Jericho = 40,000 sq. meters, a few huts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho
Mohenjo-Daro = 30,000 - 40,000 residents, many square miles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro
Indus River Valley civilization:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization
The airports at both Ankara and Istanbul seemed to be back in that same time period also. Both had 'bomb sight' toilets and water buckets instead of stools and paper. Some things never change!
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