Bulgarian Archaeologists Stumble Upon 8000-Year-Old Skeleton



Bulgarian archaeologists clearing a plot for highway construction have come across a Neolithic home and a skeleton date back to 6000 BC.

The Neolithic Age home was discovered close to the village of Krum in the Haskovo District by the team of archaeologist Boris Borisov, who are excavating a plot designated for the construction of the Maritsa Highway going to the Turkish border.

Borisov said the skeleton belonged to a young disabled person, aged between 10 and 15. It was found buried with limbs close to the body as part of a funeral ritual, close to the southern wall of the home.

The research of the find is underway with anthropologist Tsvetan Minkov summoned to the spot.

First Europeans Lived in Southeastern Bulgaria

Near Dimitrovgrad, southeastern Bulgaria, archeologists unearthed an ancient skeleton of a child dating back to about 6000 BC. Scientists believe the bones belonged to one of the oldest human inhabitants of Europe
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.Some of the first human inhabitants of Europe lived in the area of what is today the village of Dobrich, southeastern Bulgaria. The unique discovery was made by archeologists in the team of Associate Professor Boris Borissov. At the ground work for Maritsa highway a skeleton of a ten-fifteen-year-old child was discovered. The skeleton is about 8000 years-old, according to anthropologist Tsvetan Minkov who was in emergency summoned to the spot. The skeleton is one of the oldest ever found in Europe, specialists explained. They also commented that within a few days a decision must be taken as to how the skeleton would be preserved because bones turn to ash the moment they are touched.

Georgi Peev