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deep under the pretty Blue Waters of
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Lake oid also known as the pearl of the
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Balkans scientists have found something
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really old and interesting that
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discovered a village that might be one
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of the oldest in Europe This Village had
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protected this Village which was found
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8,000 years ago is the oldest Lakeside
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Village ever found in Europe they figure
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this out by checking the age of things
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they found there like wood and other
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stuff a professor named Albert Hafner
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who knows a lot about old things said
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that this Village is much older than
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other similar villages in places like
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the Mediterranean and the Alps he thinks
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it is the oldest in all of Europe the
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scientists who come from Switzerland and
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Albania have been digging and looking
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for things at the Village site near Lake
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ahid for 4 years this Village was on the
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edge of the lake in Albania close to the
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borders of North Macedonia and Albania
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around 8,000 years ago people in this
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Village lived in houses that were on
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sticks in the water or in places that
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got flooded by the lake sometimes
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recently when divers went underwater to
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explore they found something really
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interesting they found planks with
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spikes that were used like a wall to
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village to build this wall the villagers
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had to cut down a lot of trees from the
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nearby Forest the scientists are curious
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when the villagers needed such a big
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wall to protect themselves they're still
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trying to figure out why it is estimated
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that there were about 100,000 spikes in
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the lake around the village this
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discovery is like a big treasure for the
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researchers lake oid is one of the
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oldest Lakes anywhere and it has been
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around for more than a million years the
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scientists with help from divers have
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been looking at the bottom of the lake
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and finding old things like pieces of
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wood and special work pieces they also
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using the Rings in the trees they found
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to learn about how people lived back
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then it's like using the Rings as a cal
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to know about the weather and the
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environment the leader of the Albanian
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team of researchers Adrian anastasy said
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that working at the side is sometimes
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slow because there are lots of plans The
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Village was built on sticks in the water
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which was a tough thing to do they want
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to understand why the people chose to
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build their Village this way right now
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scientists think that the villagers ate
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plans they grew and animals they raised
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they found seeds plants and the bones of
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animals both wild and ones they took
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care of it's going to take about 20 more
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years for the scientists to finish
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looking at everything and to learn all
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they can about the village every time
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they dig or explore they find out more
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about how people lived by Lake oid a
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long long time ago they're like
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detectives pacing together a puzzle to
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understand understand what life was like
