People South Africa – September 06, 2019

WEwouldhavebeenshorta marvellousdiscoveryif themunicipalcouncilof

AleksandrovacinSerbiahadabandonedtheideato install anirrigati onsystem at

theVitkovackopolje.Theareais a knownarchaeologicalgoldmine,butthelast

significant findthere was in1969.Yes, 50years have passedsincefour Neolithic

figurines,includingthefamous ‘LadyofAleksandrovac’,were discovered.

Theinstallati onwillmake for bounti fulcrop yields,butitendedupproducing

anothersortofvaluablealtogether.The

scienti ficcommunityrejoiced oncemore

whenSanjaCrnobrnjaKrasicandher

teamunearthedsomethingspectacular.

Amere 50metres away from thedig

sitethatcougheduptreasuresallthose

yearsago,theteamofarchaeologists

found afragmentedstatuett e.Like

many oftheotherfinds,it,too, seemed

to representafertilitygoddess. It

wasdubbedtheVenusofZupaand

itpredates Egypt’s famous pyramids;

esti mates suggest that itwas made

from clay around 6000years ago. The

remainsofa millstoneandanovenwere

alsodiscovered.

THE CATCH-UP

6

A 1966:

28

AUGUST,

1988:

30

AUGUST,

1984:

,

03

SEPTEMBER,1939:

01

A GODDESS

UNCOVERED

THE SOUTH

AFRICAN

BORDER WAR
starts withthebatt leat
Omugulugwombashe.

whenthreeplanescollidedand

plummetedintothecrowd.

SEVENTY-FIVEpeopleare

killedand346seriouslyinjured

duringthe

RAMSTEINAIR

SHOW DISASTER

THESPACE

SHUTTLE

DISCOVERY

takes offon

itsmaiden

voyage.

NAZI

GERMANY

INVADES

POLAND,

kicking off the European theatre of WWII.

SEPTEMBER,2017:

NORTHKOREA

conductsitssixthand

mostpowerful

NUCLEAR

TEST TO

DATE.

05

SEPTEMBER,1960:

MUHAMMAD ALI

(CassiusClay) winsthegold medal

inthe

LIGHT

HEAVY-

WEIGHT

BOXING

competi tion

attheOlympic

Gamesin

Rome.