500-Year-Old Relics Found by Trench Diggers in Bahrain
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From Reuters
BAHRAIN — Telephone workmen stumbled on 5,000-year-old relics while digging trenches for an underground cable and have become paid archeologists.
Dave Foster, an engineer with Bahrain Telecommunications Co., said 25 employees have been working on the archeological dig since April instead of laying cables, at a projected cost to the company of up to $26,500.
The dig began after workers sifting sand at the site near Al Hajar village unearthed pottery and seals from the island’s ancient Dilmun civilization which could date back to 2300 BC.
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