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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. Why no direct link ? by aepervius · · Score: 5, Informative

    I mean the linking was christian science monitor -> live science. Why link the christian science monitor which was 1/3 of the info and not directly linking this :

    http://www.livescience.com/483...

    No seriously I want the editor tell me WHY ?

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    1. Re:Why no direct link ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      http://www.livescience.com/48352-prehistoric-ukraine-temple-discovered.html

      actual article link, not photos link...

  2. Re:6,000 Year Old Temple Unearthed In Ukraine by magarity · · Score: 3, Informative

    You seem completely confused about military behavior by national demographics. You're thinking of either Muslims or Southeast Asian communists. Russians, on the other hand, have a distinct reverence for history. For example, when the Bolsheveks took St Petersburg they rather famously protected the Winter Palace and the Hermitage from any kind of vandalism.