Ancient
town found in Myanmar
Sunday November 28, 2010 01:38:46 PM ,
IANS
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Yangon:
Archaeologists in Myanmar have discovered parts of a religious
building and a wall that circled an ancient town dating back to
100 B.C. during the Pyu era, a media report said Sunday.
The town remnants were found after an excavation in two sites in
Wadee in central Myanmar during July-August this year, Xinhua
reported citing the official daily New Light of Myanmar.
The new find showed that the town was established during the time
of the Pyu era (100 B.C.-840 A.D.), the report said.
The archaeologists found ancient bronze sheets, bronze bells, sand
slabs, charcoal and iron rivets among other items.
They also concluded that the funeral customs at the ancient town
included burial of the body, or burning it and putting the ash and
bones together in an urn and then burying it.
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