‘Salt Pit’ Archive

Mysterious 'Alien Mask' Found At Late Chalcolithic Salt Pit Settlement In Bulgaria

6,000-Year-Old Bizarre, Mouthless ‘Alien’ Mask Unearthed In “The Salt Pit” Settlement In Northeast Bulgaria

AncientPages.com | November 20, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A bizarre prehistoric clay mask or a figurine, lacking a mouth but featuring human and animal traits, has been discovered during the latest

This prehistoric society specialized in the production of salt which was exported to distant markets. The salt production boosted trade, and salt itself was probably used as a currency at first, before the arrival of gold. Credits: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Archaeology

6,300 Years Old Golden Artifact Unearthed At Solnitsata ‘The Salt Pit’ Prehistoric Settlement

AncientPages.com | November 23, 2015

AncientPages.com - Excavations conducted in one of Europe’s oldest prehistoric settlements – the Solnitsata (‘Salt Pit’), located in the vicinity of a town in Provadia, in northeastern Bulgaria,