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6,000 Year Old Temple Unearthed In Ukraine

Posted by timothy on from the imagine-the-sound-track dept.

An anonymous reader writes A massive archaeological dig of an ancient Ukrainian village first begun in 2009 has yielded a discovery that I sort of hope ends up inspiring a video game: a massive, scary-sounding temple. From the article: "Inside the temple, archaeologists found the remains of eight clay platforms, which may have been used as altars, the finds suggested. A platform on the upper floor contains "numerous burnt bones of lamb, associated with sacrifice," write Burdo and Videiko, of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The floors and walls of all five rooms on the upper floor were "decorated by red paint, which created [a] ceremonial atmosphere."
Maybe this is what Putin has been after.

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  1. Good D&D setting by smooth+wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Based solely on the description provided, this would make for a great setting in D&D.

    Lich? Wight? Vampire? Evil mage? Jar Jar Binks?

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  2. Oh, come on, who are we kidding? by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

    All we really want to know is: did they find a Stargate?

    1. Re:Oh, come on, who are we kidding? by rgbscan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Putin and the quest for the holy grail? I'd watch that SyFy special.

  3. Why scary? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because of the bones? That's doesn't sound any scarier than the BBQ rib joint down the street.

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    1. Re:Why scary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unless your BBQ joint is undergound, recently excavated and features sacrificial altars... of course I don't know where you live so....

      Sacrificed...to the god of flavor!

    2. Re:Why scary? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

      undergound, recently excavated and features sacrificial altars

      In the distant future, archeologists will unearth the food court on the lower level of our local mall and discover the altar upon which thousands of chickens were sacrificed to the god Colonel Sanders.

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