1,000-year-old wall discovered

Lagos - A team of British and Nigerian archaeologists made a major discovery by finding a 1,000-year-old wall, Nigerian officials…

Lagos - A team of British and Nigerian archaeologists made a major discovery by finding a 1,000-year-old wall, Nigerian officials said yesterday, but they played down suggestions it was linked to the legendary Queen of Sheba.

British and Nigerian newspapers had said the Eredo earthworks, found by the team in the south-western rain-forests, were thought to be the lost kingdom of the fabled queen.

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