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martyb
on Thursday November 15 2018, @03:14PM
from the found-after-they-located-nine-ea dept.
from the found-after-they-located-nine-ea dept.
Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists
Archaeologists in Greece believe they have found the lost city of Tenea, thought to have been founded by captives of the legendary Trojan War.
They said they had discovered the remains of a housing settlement, jewellery, coins and several burial sites in the southern Peloponnese area.
Until now, archaeologists had a rough idea of where the city might have been located but had no tangible proof.
The items date from 4th Century BC to Roman times.
Excavation work around the modern-day village of Chiliomodi began in 2013, and "proof of the existence" of Tenea emerged in work carried out in September and early October this year, officials said.
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Archaeologists Find Possible Ruins of Ancient Greek City of Tenea
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Thursday November 15 2018, @03:43PM (2 children)
The Trojan war was sometime around 12th century BC, and these remains date to no older than 4th century BC? Something is missing here. Archaeologists have not dug up much yet, and expect to find older remains, I suppose?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by RS3 on Thursday November 15 2018, @04:32PM
Not sure if they expect to find older items, but it's possible and would help confirm the legend. Wish I could go help them dig.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Thursday November 15 2018, @04:51PM
If Athens can still be around 2600 years after what is generally called Classical Athens, I think it's not unreasonable to think that another city-state was around for a mere 800 years. It's quite possible that 400 BCE Tenea is on top of 1000 BCE Tenea, because a fairly common occurrence is a city's destruction followed by a new city being built right where the old one used to be a la New Orleans over the last 15 years.
It's also worth noting that until Heinrich Schliemann dug up about a dozen layers of a major city approximately where the writings of Homer suggested Troy would be, everyone just assumed that Homer was a darn good story, rather than containing anything that was accurate.
This is one of those classic "Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance, Americans think 100 years is a long time" kinds of things.
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(Score: 0, Offtopic) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday November 15 2018, @04:45PM (1 child)
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 15 2018, @05:04PM
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 15 2018, @07:06PM (2 children)
Where is the dirt coming from to bury all this stuff? Is constant tiny bombardment from space making the earth grow thicker?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 15 2018, @11:57PM
Why do you think your mother keeps telling you to wipe your feet?
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Friday November 16 2018, @09:43AM
Rubble from the destruction of buildings; leveling off destroyed buildings with imported material, so that people can rebuild the destroyed site; dust blown in from the Sahara (sounds weird, but we get a lot of that in Greece).
In Athens this has resulted in several meters of dirt accumulating on top of ruins from the classical era.