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Experts stumped by ancient Jerusalem markings
« on: December 08, 2011, 04:02:44 pm »
http://news.yahoo.com/experts-stumped-ancient-jerusalem-markings-071348189.html

JERUSALEM (AP)  Mysterious stone carvings made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem have archaeologists stumped.

Israeli diggers who uncovered a complex of rooms carved into the bedrock in the oldest section of the city recently found the markings: Three "V'' shapes cut next to each other into the limestone floor of one of the rooms, about 2 inches (5 centimeters) deep and 20 inches (50 centimeters) long. There were no finds to offer any clues pointing to the identity of who made them or what purpose they served.

The archaeologists in charge of the dig know so little that they have been unable even to posit a theory about their nature...



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