Europe's Oldest Town Found in Bulgaria

Europe's oldest town has been found near the continent's oldest salt mines in Provadia , in northeastern Bulgaria. The site is reported to be 7,000 years old. At that time salt was an important means of trade . It was used as money .

The ancient town's population made a good living by selling salt. Archaeologists have also learned a lot about the people of that time by examining their burial sites. They lived in two-storey house protected by thick walls.

 

 

 

 

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  • archaeologist = person who is interested in old civilizations and studies what remains of their buildings
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  • burial site = place where a person’s grave is
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  • copper = soft reddish brown metal that lets electricity pass through easily
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  • evaporate = to change into gas
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  • ritual = tradition , custom
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  • settlement= group of houses in a place where few people have lived before
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