MUFONET-BBS GROUP - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS

MUFONET-BBS GROUP - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS - WIRE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ кФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФП Г=START= XMT: 07:39 Tue Mar 17 EXP: 08:00 Wed Mar 18 Г Г Г ГAN EIGHT-METER-TALL BRONZE AGE TOWER DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN Г ГGULF Г Г Г ГCAIRO (MARCH 17) XINHUA - AN EIGHT-METER-TALL TOWER WHICH Г ГONCE LOOMED OVER THE SOUTHERN PERSIAN GULF IN THE 18TH AND Г Г19TH CENTURIES WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED BY AN AUSTRALIAN Г ГARCHAEOLOGY TEAM, REPORTS REACHING HERE SAID TODAY. Г Г Г ГTHE FORTIFIED STONE AND MUD-BRICK TOWER WAS THE LARGEST Г ГBRONZE AGE BUILDING IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, SAID SYDNEY Г ГUNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DAN POTTS, WHO HEADED THE DIG IN AN Г ГAREA OF THE PERSIAN GULF KNOWN AS THE PIRATE COAST AT THAT Г ГTIME. Г Г Г ГTHE FORT, BUILT AROUND 2500 BC IN THE BRONZE AGE AND Г ГOCCUPIED UNTIL AROUND 400-300 BC, IS LOCATED AT TELL ABRAQ Г ГIN UMM AL QAIWAIN IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, POTTS SAID. Г Г Г ГTHE SEA HAS RECEDED FROM THE TOWER, LEAVING IT ABOUT SEVEN Г ГKILOMETERS FROM THE GULF'S SOUTHERN COAST, BUT THE WAVES Г ГONCE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST A FEW HUNDRED METERS AWAY. Г Г Г Г"THIS WOULD HAVE RISEN UP LIKE A GIANT MONSTER ON THE Г ГCOAST," POTTS SAID OF THE TOWER, WHICH IS 40 METERS ACROSS. Г Г Г ГPOTTS, WHO LED A SIX-MEMBER TEAM, HAVE JUST RETURNED TO Г ГSYDNEY FROM EXCAVATING AT TELL ABRAQ IN THE UAE. Г Г Г ГPAINTED POTTERY, FISHHOOKS, FISHBONES, DECORATED SOAPSTONE Г ГBOXES, BRONZE WEAPONS, CARVED SEALS, SMOOTH STONE CUBES FOR Г ГMEASURING WEIGHT AND BURNED DATE STONES WERE FOUND ON THE Г ГSITE WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF FOUR HECTARES. Г Г Г ГANALYSIS OF THESE FINDS INDICATE THAT TELL ABRAQ WAS ONCE Г ГTHE MAJOR TRADING AND POLITICAL CENTER OF A REGION KNOWN AS Г ГMAGAN, WHICH HAD CONTACTS AS FAR AFIELD AS MESOPOTAMIA AND Г ГIRAN, POTTS SAID. Г Г Г Г=END= Г