Phoenician temple found in Sicily
Site believed to be 'unique', archaeologists say
(ANSA) - Palermo, February 28 - An ancient Phoenician temple unearthed in Sicily is "unique" in the West, the head of the Italian dig team claims .
"You have to go all the way to Amrit in Syria to find a similar one," said Lorenzo Nigro of the Rome University team .
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Motya - whose name means "wool-spinning centre" - was founded in the 8th century BC, about a century after the foundation of the most famous Phoenician colony in the ancient world, Carthage in Tunisia .
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