Straight from Homer's Iliad: in the Peloponnese, found the ruins of an ancient city
Greek archaeologists have found the ruins of the ancient city of Tenea.
According to scientists, it was founded by Trojan prisoners. Moreover, earlier it was known only from ancient texts.
The researchers found not only the ruins of the old city, but also ceramics, as well as more than 200 rare coins.
The cities of Shadow, according to the legends of the ancient Greeks, were founded by captive Trojans who survived the war in the 13th-12th centuries BC. This war was described by Homer in his Iliad.
The city discovered on the Peninsula Peloponnes. The region has found ruins of walls, marble and stone floors of buildings, household ceramics, burials with jewels, more than 200 coins dated from the IV century BC to the late Roman era.
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According to scientists, it was founded by Trojan prisoners. Moreover, earlier it was known only from ancient texts.
Photo © dailymail.co.uk
The researchers found not only the ruins of the old city, but also ceramics, as well as more than 200 rare coins.
The cities of Shadow, according to the legends of the ancient Greeks, were founded by captive Trojans who survived the war in the 13th-12th centuries BC. This war was described by Homer in his Iliad.
Photo © dailymail.co.uk
The city discovered on the Peninsula Peloponnes. The region has found ruins of walls, marble and stone floors of buildings, household ceramics, burials with jewels, more than 200 coins dated from the IV century BC to the late Roman era.
