Holocene Europe
gregladen | August 29, 2013Europe's Oldest Town?
Bulgarian archaeologists led by Professor Doctor Vasil Nikolov, from the National Archaeology Institute and Museum, claim to have discovered one of the oldest towns in Europe, in north-east Bulgaria.
Dr. Nikolov, who has been studying the area for many years, located the town near the salt pans in the vicinity of Provadia in the Varna Region, the same locale as the first salt factory in Europe.
[Dr. Vasil Nikolov, National Archaeology Institute and Museum]:
"We can now say that the Provadia salt pans are in the oldest town in Europe, existing between 4,700 to 4,200 BC,…