Theater tokenCourtesy of Cal Poly Humboldt Cultural Resources Facility
Posted on 04/23/2025 9:46:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a statement released by Cal Poly Humboldt, recent archaeological work at Gradishte, near the North Macedonian village of Crnobuki, has revealed that a much more substantial ancient settlement existed there than originally thought. It was previously believed that the site was merely a military outpost built to defend against Roman attacks, but new excavations have uncovered evidence of a prosperous city that was much older than scholars had expected. The acropolis alone extended across an area measuring at least seven acres. Archaeologists have thus far unearthed stone axes, coins, a clay theater ticket, pottery, game pieces, and textile tools that provide tangible evidence of a thriving settlement dating back to at least 360 b.c., before the rise of Rome. Archaeologist Nick Angeloff even suggested that the site may be the lost capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis, an ancient settlement founded in the seventh century b.c. "This discovery is significant," he said. "It highlights the complex networks and power structures of ancient Macedonia, especially given the city's location along trade routes to Constantinople. It's even possible that historical figures like Octavian and Agrippa passed through the area on their way to confront Cleopatra and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium."
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...
Nice! Coins rock.
a clay theater ticket?...........
Yeah, although in the 1960s they were changed to Ali theater tickets. /rimshot
ISWYDT................
Miletus mint, circa 324 BC:
Clay was cheap and it was a one-off event, so this made sense. For Athenian ostracism, broken pieces of pottery (ostraca) were used to cast the votes for who was to be banned for ten years. Obviously the DNC has roots back that far. When Themistocles was banned -- clearly a lawfare operation -- prepared tokens with his name were handed to arriving voters who were not literate, and in effect, it stuffed the ballot box. The leftover 'ballots' were dumped in a nearby drain plynth after the vote, and were found in modern times.
Coins metal.
Why is it you never hear of modern cities being unearthed?
Only hear about that after the end of a garbage worker strike. :^)
That’s probably why it was so hard to sack in ancient times. “I told the rest of the horde to meet us at, uh, that place that starts with C, but then goes crazy.”
#11 I saw a documentary of a past city underneath Seattle that was explored by a guy named... Carl Kolchak.
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