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  • Archaeology: 8000 year-old Sun temple found in Bulgaria

    12/16/2010 9:42:30 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies
    Sofia Echo ^ | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | staff
    The oldest temple of the Sun has been discovered in northwest Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa, aged at more then 8000 years, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on December 15 2010. The Bulgarian 'Stonehenge' is hence about 3000 years older than its illustrious English counterpart. But unlike its more renowned English cousin, the Bulgarian sun temple was not on the surface, rather it was dug out from under tons of earth and is shaped in the form of a horse shoe, the report said. The temple was found near the village of Ohoden. According to archaeologists, the prehistoric...