Posted on 09/27/2011 6:11:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A luxurious house with plenty of rooms, a restroom and a kitchen, believed to pertain to a rich family, is found in Izmir. It islocated by the side of a newly-discovered Roman road.
A luxury residence dating back about 2,000 years to the Roman era has been discovered in the Aegean province of Izmir. Located in the ancient city of Smyrna, the 400-square-meter residence has many rooms, including a bathroom and kitchen...
It is the first time that a residence has been found in the central part of the city since excavation started three years ago, said Ersoy.
The residence, thought to be a two-story structure, has numerous rooms around an internal garden, Ersoy said, adding that the restroom and the kitchen had first been constructed as one, but were then detached by a wall constructed in between. "We found various pots and plates in the kitchen."
...A Roman Road has also been discovered during the excavations, and the luxurious residence is located just by the side of this road... a 50-meter section...
Ersoy said they had found small accessories in the area, such as earrings, bracelets and oil lamps. The objects will be given to the Izmir Archaeology Museum.
(Excerpt) Read more at hurriyetdailynews.com ...
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are they sure it wasn’t an apartment? or an inn?
400 sq meters, not an inn.
roadhouse?
burger joint?
lol
Those numerate Romans sure loved their plumbing.
Good thinkin'. :-))
Blast! My secret summer retreat has been found.
So long as my missing jewelry and ancient coins aren’t found inside the hollow stone, all is well. ;-)
[clink, clink] Hollow stone? What hollow stone? I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no hollow stone...
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