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Excavated cathedral in Syria contains skeletal remains

By , About.com GuideAugust 19, 2009

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In Tal Al-Hasaka, in north eastern Syria, an archaeological team has uncovered a cathedral dating back to the early Christian era. Uncovered at the site were five-meter-high columns, still intact and decorated, a floor inlaid with with reddish-yellow baked clay, and the skeletal remains of an individual from the 5th century. He was apparently tortured.

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