Early shrine unearthed at Nepal Buddhist site
Remains of 2,500-year-old wooden structure found beneath temple at Buddha’s birthplace
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BUDDHA'S SECRETS Archaeologists working inside Nepal’s Maya Devi Temple direct excavations of what is possibly the earliest known Buddhist shrine while Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage to the site meditate in the background.
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