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Byzantine Port Found
Submitted by Ursula on Thu, 2006/08/10 - 20:24.
Associated Press | Byzantine | Nautical
"Like Romans, Athenians and other residents of the world's great historic cities, the residents of Istanbul can hardly put a shovel in the ground without digging up something important." Archaelogists working on the site of a new subway station believe they have found a port from Byzantine times.
They are calling their find "the port of Theodosius" after the Emperor, but so far the find is not dated to a specific reign. The site includes a number of sunken ships that appear to have been destroyed in port by a storm. » 857 reads | go to original article (195)
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