Posted on 11/27/2009 10:49:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A joint expedition of Russian and Korean archeologists studying a site of Balhae Era resulted in finding evidences that prove existence of a big administrative centre in the Primorye Territory in the 9th-11th centuries.
"We have found a building in the shape of a palace, well-known to us from diggings of capital cities of Balhae in China. Nothing of the kind had been found in the Primorye before. The discovery confirms the supposition that Primorye was not just a periphery of the Balhae state, but an administrative centre once existed there. We are going to find out what it was exactly," archeologist Nikolai Klyuev said.
The history of outskirts of the Balhae state is rather scarce and full of questions, whereas the discovery will help to solve many of them, the archeologist explains.
(Excerpt) Read more at russia-ic.com ...
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Have you ever noticed the the Scientific community has always been amazed that Humans can construct complex societies as fat back as the historical record extends, beats the hell out of me.
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Fat back? I was making Clam Chouder and got distracted, not that communist tomato stuff.
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