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Russian-Korean excavations unearth castle and largest heating system from the 10th Century

by Tommy Manuel

Balhae’s Cas­tle Site Found in Rus­sia
Source: Han Sang-hee, The Korea Times

The ruins of a cas­tle from Korea’s ancient Bal­hae King­dom (698  –  926) have been dis­cov­ered in Pri­morsky Krai ― known as Yeon­haeju here in the past ― 360 kilo­me­ters from Vladi­vos­tok, Rus­sia.View in Google maps.

The Nat­ural Cul­tural Prop­er­ties Research Insti­tute announced Thurs­day that after observing […]

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Ancient civilization discovered on the bottom of a lake

by Tommy Manuel

Ancient civ­i­liza­tion dis­cov­ered on the bot­tom of a lake
Lake Issyk Kul (Image: http://www.kgs.bishkek.gov.kg/)
Archae­ol­o­gists have dis­cov­ered the remains of a 2500-year-old advanced civ­i­liza­tion at the bot­tom of Lake Issyk Kul in the Kyr­gyz moun­tains in Rus­sia. The team con­sisted of Kyr­gyz his­to­ri­ans, led by Vladimir Ploskikh, vice pres­i­dent of the Kyr­gyz Acad­emy of Sci­ences, and other […]

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