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Posted on 11/15/2014 4:54:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
New artifacts have been found during excavations in Bodrum’s Ortakent and Gümüşlük neighborhoods. The artifacts will shed light on the history of Bodrum Peninsula, according to officials.
The Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum Director Emel Özkan said that they had discovered 49 artifacts from the Mycenean era.
“The number of Mycenean artifacts increased to 248 with these ones. This made our museum the richest one in terms of Mycenean artifacts among the Turkish museums,” she said.
Özkan said that the artifacts, which date back to 3,500 years ago, were very important for Anatolian history, adding, “The amphora and gifts found in this excavation show us that the necropolis area dates back to early bronze age. It was one the early era settlements in the western Anatolian.”
Özkan said skeletons found in the excavations were being examined by anthropologists and the artifacts would be displayed.
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The world’s oldest known piggy bank!
Anything Turkish is dead to me.
US sailors attacked in Turkey
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There’s also a basket found off Scotland or Ireland, and a Viking hoard, haven’t posted either one yet.
It’s not Turkish: it’s Greek. There were no Turks in that part of the world for at least 2000 years after these artifacts were made.
Wow, those objects do look really old.
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