World’s Oldest Fort discovered

December 21, 2023

In what is being dubbed a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, an international team of archaeologists has found the world’s oldest known fort which dates back to 8,000 years in a remote region of Siberia.
Archaeologists have long associated fortresses with permanent agricultural settlements.
- However, this cluster of fortified structures reveals that prehistoric groups, hunter-gatherers, were constructing protective edifices much earlier than originally thought.
The site is located along the Amnya River in western Siberia and includes around 20 scattered pit-house depressions which were divided into two sections – Amnya I and Amnya II.
- Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the settlement was first inhabited during the Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age.