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  • Who Cut Niches Into the Cliffs at Madagascar's Isalo National Park?

    09/30/2024 8:35:57 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 24, 2024 | editors / unattributed
    According to a Phys.org report, Guido Schreurs of the University of Bern and his colleagues suggest that rock-cut terraces and chambers at the remote archaeological site of Teniky in southern Madagascar were carved some 1,000 years ago by a Zoroastrian community. High-resolution satellite images revealed that Teniky was much larger than previously thought. Schreurs and his colleagues then identified dozens of circular and rectangular stone niches carved into the cliffs. Circular recesses in these niches may have been used to close the spaces with wooden or stone slabs, he explained. Charcoal and pottery recovered during the investigation have been dated...