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Writing the Illiad – date confirmed : Past Horizons Archaeology

Writing the Illiad – date confirmed : Past Horizons Archaeology | Archaeology News | Scoop.it

Homer’s Iliad, the ancient retelling of the Trojan wars, is one of the great masterpieces of literature, but historians have long debated exactly how old this great work is. Researchers have applied evolutionary-linguistics in order to analyse the differences in vocabulary between modern and historical texts.

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ARCHAEOLOGY - Historic stadium found in Aydın

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The best-preserved stadium in the Anatolian region has been found at the ancient city of Magnesia in the Aegean
province of Aydın’s Germencik.

 

During excavation in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the Ortaklar district of Germencik in the Aegean province of Aydın, the best preserved stadium in Anatolia has been unearthed. Excavations and restoration works have continued for 28 years under the leadership of the head of the Ankara University Archaeology Department Professor Orhan Bingöl.

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