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[Cassandra]

The 8,000-year-old settlement near Bulgaria’s Mursalevo consists of three parallel major streets, including one main street, and several smaller streets that are perpendicular to them which form sections with 3-4 homes each. The Bulgarian archaeologists have been impressed with the perfect alignment and “urban” planning of what they have described as a prehistoric city.

The Early Neolithic homes at Mursalevo were built of plant stalks and clay, and have walls of 20 cm in width. Some of items found there include ceramic figurines of the Mother Goddess, tools, a golden ear decoration, a button and a needle, a Late Neolithic grave with a skeleton in the fetal position.

The archaeologists have also discovered that the site of the prehistoric city was deemed sacred by the Ancient Thracians who between the 6th and the 1st century BC dug up dozens of pits there in which they conducted rituals and sacrifices.