Building the Ancient City: Athens | BBC | Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Posted on 08/25/2020 1:14:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
We bring to light the unknown sunken port of Ancient Eretria, which is only 30 meters from the modern port, but is separated by 2,400 years from it...
The ancient construction along its entire length maintains a constant width (8 meters) and is located -86 cm lower than the current sea level. The original construction dates back to the beginning of the second half of the 4th century BC with some reinforcing modifications at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. century...
The city owes its great flourishing to the maritime trade during the 9th and 8th BC. century. The city's trade contacts with the Eastern Mediterranean are close, mainly with the region of Syria, Palestine and Cyprus. Eretria flourishes and great prosperity of the city is placed in the 8th BC. century, a period that participates in the 2nd Greek colonization, together with Chalkida, founding in 775 BC. in the Gulf of Naples the Monkeys (today's Ischia). While in the North Aegean the main colony of Eretria is Mendi in Halkidiki.
At the end of the 8th BC. century the great controversy broke out between Chalkida and Eretria for the occupation of the Lilantian field, which ends with a possible defeat of Eretria.
In ancient Greek literature the memory of an Eretrian sea empire is strong, an echo of the events of the geometric and early archaic period...
In 87 BC. Eretria allied with Mithridates and was completely destroyed for the second time by the Romans in 86 BC.
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
Building the Ancient City: Athens | BBC | Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Headline makes it sound like there are time-traveling drones in existence.
Interesting but...is this really news?
One can see it on the satellite images and I’m betting someone long ago noticed it via arial.
Honestly it seems people using their little toys are getting too much 15 min of fame.
If it troubles you so much, perhaps you could just avoid the topic.
I want one of those little toys. They allow us to see things in ways we never did before.
:: and is located -86 cm lower than the current sea level ::
So, the seas have been rising at least 86cm for the last 2400 years.
Those SUCs strike again.
(Sport Utility Chariots).
Thanks, SunkenCiv.
I wanna go.
Do understand this was posted in the “General/Chat” forum.
You and I see all forum thread postings in the main page unless we drill down to a special forum.
My pleasure.
That end of the Med is (mostly) sinking into the Earth. A search on Herod's Caesarea port, or submerged Anatolian tombs, or submerged Greek cities / Helike will turn up enough to keep most people busy all day. :^)
AGREE! Always some downers.
Everything in Greece is 2500 years old. Show me a port in the New World that old and ill get excited.
People should check out the video. The water is clear blue and the old port is easily visible. Really cool.
It’s not a dig at you. It’s about the article.
It’s a legitimate question, no?
surely this was seen before. Heck they even have a lighttower on the end of the old pier.
I can see it looking on the maps app.
Yeah, really, pretty boring American prehistory AFA anyone knows. Not everything in Greece is 2500 years old, some is much older.
Yes, your dig is about the article, which is what this topic is about. If you'd had a question, it would have been something that someone besides the Amazing Kreskin could answer.
I apologize for seeming flippant.
I guess it’s not really a news article, just an info article. It’s just the way they presented it seemed like something new had been found!
I’m glad to see something interesting but the headline and lead-in made it seem like an archaeological find.
Thanks.
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