#3000 bc

Before he was Apocalypse, he was En Sabah Nur

These 5,000-year-old wooden boats are the oldest planked craft ever found. Arranged like a fleet moored at a wharf, they lie in mud-brick graves beside a 1st-dynasty king’s funerary enclosure at Abydos, Egypt.

The first images correspond to the Tholos 7, while the last two are from the Tholos 9. Both tombs contained several ossuaries, being the deceased ones - usually, important people from the local communities - buried in fetal position.

Ice cream originated in China, as early as 3000 BC. The original recipe consisted of milk, rice and snow. King Tang of Shang, had 94 ice men who helped to make the dish of buffalo milk, flour and camphor. – WTF Fun Facts Source: http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodicecream.html

Neolithic era Chinese nephrite jade bangles incised with dragon head motifs, c. 3000 BC (at AAADA)

Pastoral Period 7,200 BC - 3,000 BC

Fertility Goddess, Cypress, 3000 - 2500 BC