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The News And Herald
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
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Bavarian explorer Herr Lester recently discovered preserved megalithic monuments (16-18m high with inscriptions) near the Euphrates' passage through the Taurus range, likely part of a 3000-year-old Commagene sanctuary and necropolis, foes of ancient Assyrians.
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At the point where the River Euphrates bursts through the Taurus range an important archaeological discovery has been recently made by a Bavarian gentleman. In a wild, romantic district he found a line of megalithic monuments averaging between 16 and 18 metres in height, bearing inscriptions, and in a quite remarkable state of preservation. Herr Lester, the discoverer's name, has no doubt that they formed part of some great national sanctuary, dating back some 3000 years or more. It is known that there formerly existed at this place a necropolis of the old Commagene Kings, so that, it is argued, it seems reasonable to attribute those colossal monuments to this ancient people, the hereditary foes of the Assyrians.
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A Bavarian gentleman named Herr Lester found a line of megalithic monuments averaging between 16 and 18 metres in height, bearing inscriptions, in a wild, romantic district. They are in a quite remarkable state of preservation. Herr Lester believes they formed part of some great national sanctuary, dating back some 3000 years or more. There formerly existed a necropolis of the old Commagene Kings at this place, so the monuments are attributed to this ancient people, the hereditary foes of the Assyrians.