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Later that same year, remains of the foundations of a second building,
termed Palace no. 2, were discovered about 150 meters to the north-east
of the site of the first ‘palace’. Better preserved and smaller than the first
‘palace’, these remains consist of a square platform measuring about 33
metres on each side. A careful study of the site enabled archaeologists
to reconstruct a plausible plan of the original palace with a corridor in
the northern section of the central part of the ‘palace’ which was
composed of three sections which extended to the outside of the original
building in the form of verandas. Likewise, the double corridor in the
southern part of the building, which ended in a large doorway facing
south, was also extended by a veranda. In what would have been the
central section of the original building, a drainage system composed of
a terracotta tube pipeline was discovered.

Palace plan no. 2

Since 1999 the excavations have mostly been directed towards areas
close to the remnants of the building and house foundations, streets, etc.
found earlier. As a result archaeologists have uncovered quite a number
of other foundations.

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