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During the neolithic. Byblos was important location for paper like material, papyrus
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The ancient and neolithic city of Byblos, also known as Jbeil or Canaan. It is a main historic city in the mediterranean and middle east. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world (1). It is in…
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Hisarlik is Turkish for ‘place of fortresses’, and to many the site of ancient Troy
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in what was known as Anatolia. Hissarlik, is the Turkish name for an ancient city. It is part of Çanakkale, TurkeyAn artificial hill, or tell. Is elevated in layers, over an original site. In the early to mid 19th century,…
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Tell Sabi Abyad is Arabic: ض ي ب أ ي ب ص ل ت or ‘mound of the white boy’
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in the Balik river valley, northern Syria, are four prehistoric mounds. Tell Sabi Abyad is Arabic: ض ي ب أ ي ب ص ل ت or ‘mound of the white boy’ It has been shown, a site in northern Syria…
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The Khiamian culture is named after Khiam and the El Khiam point. An archaeological site with lithic technology discovered in southern Lebanon
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Representing a transitional phase. Khiamian culture is part of the broader Natufian culture. And, it’s link to the neolithic period. Dated to around 9700 or 8600 BC. It transitioned into pre-pottery neolithic a (PPNA). (1) El Khiam has some of the…
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In the west bank of the Jordan valley, Gilgal I had stored caches of fig, barley, oat, and acorn seeds. From 11,200 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Known for its neolithic remains. Gilgal I is an important archaeological site in Jordan. Located in the eastern Valley. 13km north of Jericho. Gilgal I is one of several archaeological sites in the region that provide valuable insights into the prehistoric…
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With some of the earliest signs of plant cultivation; and, brushwood dwellings. Ohalo II is an miraculous 23,000 year old archaeological site, on the sea of Galilee. It was best preserved under the last glacial maximum (LGM)
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in Israel, on the SW shore of the Sea of Galilee Ohalo II is renowned for its role in providing valuable insights into prehistoric human life. And, that is carbon dated to 23000BP. (1) Some 11000 years, before the onset…
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Mureybet was archaeological. Located near the Euphrates river, in northern Syria
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Mureybetian was a culture, subdivided from pre-pottery neolithic a (PPNA). Named after Mureybet, an area found near the Euphrates river, in northern Syria Known for its archaeological significance. Particularly as it relates to the neolithic period and northern Mesopotamia. Mureybet is…
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Tell Abu Hureyra is Arabic: ة ر ي ر ه و ب أ ل ت. Evidence of a cosmic impact occured here 10800 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in present day Syria. In the upper Euphrates valley. A tell exists. And, represents the transitional phase between hunter gatherer and neolithic settled agricultural communities. About 120km east of Aleppo. Before the reservoir of Tabqa dam was flooded by lake…