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    Hakob's Tomb: The Mysterious Tomb of Hakob the Potter

    Nov 01, 2017 2 minutes
    Written by James Clark

    This tomb was discovered in 1973 in the former German Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) at a prehistoric archaeological site outside the town of Zwenkau near Leipzig. Since its discovery, the crypt has remained a trove of paradox and controversy.

    Carbon testing has dated the pottery found to at least 5000-4500 BC and perhaps older. This would place the work in the period known as

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