Meggie Macdonald

Oldest Human Settlement in the Aegean

by meggie on Jul.01, 2009, under Academics and News, Archaeology, History

During excavations on the island if Limnos, a team of Greek, Italian and American archaeologists have discovered the remains of the oldest human settlement known so far in the Aegean.  Dated to approximately the 12th millenium BC/BCE, the site at Limnos takes its place among the Prehistoric and Bronze Age settlements discovered in the Aegean in the past, making this region one of the richest in ancient human settlements.

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