WebSesklo (Greek: Σέσκλο; Aromanian: Seshklu) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia.The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administrative region of Thessaly.During the prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Sesklo was a significant settlement of Neolithic …

WebThe Ubaid period (c. 6500–3700 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia.The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of Ubaid period material was conducted initially in 1919 by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley.. In South Mesopotamia the period is the earliest known period on the alluvial plain although it is …

WebBadari culture is so named because of its discovery at El-Badari (Arabic: البداري), an area in the Asyut Governorate in Upper Egypt.It is located between Matmar and Qau, approximately 200 km (120 mi) northwest of present-day Luxor (ancient Thebes). El-Badari includes numerous Predynastic cemeteries (notably Mostagedda, Deir Tasa and the cemetery of …

WebUn textile est un matériau susceptible d'être tissé ou tricoté.Initialement, il désigne donc un matériau qui peut se diviser en fibres ou en fils textiles, tels le coton, le chanvre, le lin, la laine (textiles organiques) ou la pierre d'amiante (textile minéral), puis avec la découverte de nouvelles techniques, les fibres synthétiques.. L'action de séparer les fibres d'un …

WebThe Halaf culture is a prehistoric period which lasted between about 6100 BC and 5100 BC. The period is a continuous development out of the earlier Pottery Neolithic and is located primarily in the fertile valley of the Khabur River (Nahr al-Khabur), of south-eastern Turkey, Syria, and northern Iraq, although Halaf-influenced material is found throughout Greater …

WebIn Ancient Greece, the Gorgoneion (Greek: Γοργόνειον) was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, used by the Olympian deities Athena and Zeus: both are said to have worn the gorgoneion as a protective pendant, and often are depicted wearing it. It established their descent from earlier deities considered to remain powerful. Among other …

WebEridu (Sumerian: ???? ????, NUN.KI/eridug ki; Akkadian: irîtu; modern Arabic: Tell Abu Shahrain) is an archaeological site in southern Mesopotamia (modern Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq).Eridu was long considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia. Located 12 kilometers southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian …

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WebThe Vinča culture (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [ʋîːntʃa]), also known as Turdaș culture or Turdaș–Vinča culture, was a Neolithic archaeological culture in Southeast Europe, in present-day Serbia, and smaller parts of Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece, Bosnia and Romania (particularly Transylvania), dated to the period 5700–4500 BC or …

WebThe 5th millennium BC spanned the years 5000 BC to 4001 BC (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time of this millennium and all dates mentioned here are estimates mostly based on …