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  • Spooky finds in German archaeological dig

    09/30/2002 1:39:19 PM PDT · by vannrox · 20 replies · 360+ views
    Sapa-DPA ^ | September 25 2002 at 07:44PM | Editorial Staff
    Nebra, Germany - Archaeologists offered a first glimpse on Wednesday of a lost culture's holy site atop a German peak, and confirmed it as the source of the world's oldest map of the heavens. The exact location has been kept secret for weeks, amid fears that treasure-seekers would move in and disturb Bronze Age remains. The site is atop the Mittelberg, a 252m hill in the Ziegelroda Forest, 180km south-west of Berlin. Adding a spooky touch is the discovery that, seen from the Mittelberg, the sun sets every June 22 behind the Brocken, the highest mountain in northern Germany. The...