The 100 foot structure was home to a number of shocking finds, giving insight into the history of a cult dating back to the 7th century.
The discovery was achieved by scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in Ramat Gan, and Ariel University in Samaria.
Mongolian researchers have teamed up with colleagues from – of all places – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to study the previously overlooked Mongolian Arc.
The remains were thought to have been from between the second and fourth centuries.
The archeological discovery sheds light on the architecture built during the Xia dynasty, an early Chinese dynasty mentioned in legends.
The researchers applied "ancIBD" to ancient genomes from across Eurasia and found hundreds of previously undetected pairs of relatives.
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