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Rediscovery of Ancient Bathonea
www.en400.com ^ | August 25, 2009 | Jerry Kelly

Posted on 01/14/2010 3:36:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Imagine sailing across a lake, looking down, and seeing the top of a tower coming up towards you.

That's what villagers have been doing for centuries at Lake Kçkçekmece in what is now Turkey.

They told archaeologists from Kocaeli University and the Istanbul Prehistoric Research Project that they thought it was the minaret of a sunken mosque.

The archaeologists sent divers down and found an ancient lighthouse at the edge of a sunken city.

Using documents written by geographers centuries ago, the archaeologists have now identified the city as the ancient Byzantine port of Bathonea.

1600 years ago, the port was located on the edge of this ancient lake which flows into the Sea of Marmara, the body of water which links the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

As the lake silted in and the water level rose, the city was both flooded and buried.

The site is located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the ancient city of Byzantium, which was later renamed Constantinople, and finally renamed Istanbul.

Archaeologists believe that excavation of the ancient city's extensive remains may take as long as a century.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbs.rrenglish.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bathonea; godsgravesglyphs; greece; turkey
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1 posted on 01/14/2010 3:36:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/14/2010 3:39:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Minaret of a sunken mosque: The town of Old Halfeti, now mostly submerged under the waters of the Birecik Dam.


3 posted on 01/14/2010 4:01:18 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Possibly I misunderstand, because 1600 years ago there were no mosques since the moon cult had not yet been born.


4 posted on 01/14/2010 4:23:55 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: SunkenCiv

bump


5 posted on 01/14/2010 4:30:32 AM PST by silverleaf
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To: Highest Authority

Most Muslims are too stupid to know how to count years. For if they did, they wouldn’t make such stupid claims as ‘Jesus was a Muslim’ and ‘the Temple in Jerusalem was an Islamic Mosque’.


6 posted on 01/14/2010 4:36:04 AM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: JoeProBono

“Minaret of a sunken mosque: The town of Old Halfeti, now mostly submerged under the waters of the Birecik Dam.”

It looks like a large bird house! ;-)


7 posted on 01/14/2010 4:41:17 AM PST by 1776 Reborn
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8 posted on 01/14/2010 4:49:46 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Yeah, that’s it! I love the TV antenna too.


9 posted on 01/14/2010 4:51:30 AM PST by 1776 Reborn
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To: SunkenCiv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JYvVv8twA

Istanbul-Constantinole “russian version”


10 posted on 01/14/2010 7:51:43 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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11 posted on 01/14/2010 9:40:12 AM PST by colorado tanker
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That statement is pure bigoted ignorance


12 posted on 01/14/2010 2:11:20 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. They are a drag on society)
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