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To: ThreePuttinDude; SunkenCiv
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Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, who is heading the team of archaeologists excavating at the site, said pieces of pottery believed to date back to the Neolithic Age were also found there.

"Among the pieces of pottery are some bearing what resembles rock painting which researchers have dug up at sites of the Neolithic Age elsewhere in the country," he said.

Menteri Besar Ahmad said the state government would carry on with excavation to find other historical artefacts.

7 posted on 02/07/2010 10:38:33 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That is interesting, isn’t it? Makes one wonder if that happened in Europe, although ceramic utensils are not known until thousands of years after the first ceramics...


15 posted on 02/08/2010 8:47:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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