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  • Turkish farmer finds Roman settlement in backyard [ Zonguldak ]

    09/24/2010 2:28:43 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    Hurriyet Daily News ^ | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 | unattributed
    The discovery of a mosaic in a backyard in Turkey's Black Sea region has led to two years of excavations and the recent revelation that the area housed a third century Roman settlement. Farmer Nizamettin Oral found a mosaic in 2008 while working on expanding a greenhouse in his backyard in a village in Zonguldak. After Oral found the mosaic two-and-a-half years ago, an excavation was launched, leading to the discovery of a Roman villa that a museum director believes could be part of a larger Roman settlement, including a shrine. "The mosaic found in 2008 depicts Thracian King Lykurgos...