Posted on 10/12/2008 7:04:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
New sites have been explored during this season's excavations in Ephesus. Archeologists have been exploring a necropolis housing 55 bodies and 18 pieces of 1,700-year-old golden jewelry in the ancient city of Ephesus, located in the Aegean province of Izmir.
The deputy leader of the excavation team, Austrian Sabine Ladstätter, spoke yesterday to the Anatolia news agency and said they had found important archeological remains during this year's Ephesus excavation season, which finished at the end of September, and added that the jewelry they found had been a surprise.
Ladstätter noted that they had found a necropolis this year with mosaics and pictures on its walls, saying there were 55 bodies inside the five graves in the necropolis, along with gold jewelry and silk fabrics with gold fibers. "The jewelry we found inside was sophisticated, and we think these graves belong to the elites of that age."
The biggest problem they have encountered in the region is illegal excavation, said Ladstätter, adding that other tombs in the area have a history of being looted and so the jewelry they found was a surprise. She said they have met people who have opened online bids for the artifacts they have illegally taken from Ephesus and added that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism had decided to accelerate excavations at the necropolis to prevent these illegal operations. Ladstätter also said 166 scientists from Germany, Austria and Turkey participated in this year's excavations.
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IS a fantasticly rare piece of jewelry! How does one wear it?
Right. Where’s the pictures of the jewelry? That’s what I want to see!
Us metal workers want to see the gold....
one set of tomb robbers accelerate their efforts to beat out another group It’s all in the name of science.
Interesting. I was in Ephesus last week. It really is quite impressive. http://riversidearoundtheworld.blogspot.com/2008/10/day-08-ephesus.html
Thanks!
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