Al-Raqqa, northeast Syria (SANA) – The American archeological expedition working at Tal al-Suwaihat site west of al-Raqqa uncovered new sections of the temple that had been discovered over the pats few years which dates back to 3000 BC.

Director of al-Raqqa Archeology Department Anas al-Khabour said that the expedition had been working at the site since 1970, their most important discovery being the temple, mass graves and a clay sculpture of a bridled horse, which is the oldest discovered piece depicting a horse with a bridle.

The Tal al-Suwaihat was an administrative, economic and trade center for the Ebla Kingdom according to cuneiform tablets found near the central Syrian city of Homs. The tablets show that the governor of this center married the daughter of the King of Ebla.

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