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2,000-year-old temple ruins found in Syria
Sunday December 12, 2010 11:39:55 AM,
IANS
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Damascus:
Syria has unearthed ruins of a 2,000-year-old temple, Xinhua
reported Sunday.
The temple dates back to the Nabataean era (169 B.C.-106 A.D.) in Swaida, 106 km to the south of Damascus.
Yaser Shaar, an archaeologist, said that the temple was built on
the ruins of an older temple from the pre-Hellenistic period.
He said that the excavation also revealed remains of a stone
cemetery engraved in rock, according to a report by Syria's
official SANA news agency.
The Nabataean kingdom was located between Sinai Peninsula and the
Arabian Peninsula with Petra as capital.
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