THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 2, 2020 at 17:50 JST
Researchers field questions from reporters at Munakata Taisha shrine in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 1. From right: Yoshinari Abe, special lecturer of Tokyo University of Science; Ryuji Shikaku, curator of Okayama Orient Museum; and Izumi Nakai, professor emeritus of Tokyo University of Science. (Mahito Kaai)
MUNAKATA, Fukuoka Prefecture--A fragment of a glass bowl unearthed on Okinoshima island, a UNESCO World Heritage site here, came from ancient Persia during the Sassanian dynasty (226-651), researchers announced March 1. [Read More]
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