An ancient temple was discovered under sand in Tien Thanh village, KyKhang commune, Ky Anh district, the central province of Ha Tinh.
The temple was found by workers of Ky Anh enterprise while they weremining for titanium at the site, said Le Ba Hanh, Deputy Director of theHa Tinh Museum.
The temple was built of bakedbricks and a mixture of lime, oyster shells, resin and molasses. It hastwo 2.5m high pillars with a statute of Nghe (an imaginary animal fromold times) on top of each. Researchers think the temple may be theworshipping place of the village’s tutelary god.
The provincial authorities have required the enterprise to stop themining and plan to ask for permission to excavate the temple, Hanhsaid./.