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First Religious Temple: Built 9,500 BC, Mysteriously Buried 8,000BC
• NewsWeek.comMost startling is the elaborate carving found on about half of the 50 pillars Schmidt has unearthed. There are a few abstract symbols, but the site is almost covered in graceful, naturalistic sculptures and bas-reliefs of the animals...