Archaeologists Find Bilbo Baggins’ House and Hobbiton
Posted by Andrew on October 31st, 2012
Okay, maybe not quite – at least it looks like Bilbo’s house from the photo of the archeological site. What scientists do think they’ve found is the oldest town in Europe, dating back to somewhere around 4500 BC; 1,500 years before the start of Greek civilization.
Located in modern day Bulgaria, the town may have centered around the trade of salt bricks used to preserve meat.
40 years prior, the oldest hoard of gold was found in a cemetary 21 mile away, indicating this area was rife with commerce nearly 7,000 years ago.
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