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Post by UKarchaeology on Nov 17, 2015 3:13:11 GMT
 An ancient island where the Athenians and the Spartans battled in 406 BC has been discovered by an international group of geo-archaeologists.The scientists, led by researchers from the German Archaeology Institute, examined underground rock layers from an Aegean Sea peninsula near Bademli village in the western Izmir province of Turkey and discovered that it was once an island, according to reports from Doğan News Agency. Based on archaeological remnants and ceramics in the village, the archaeologists believe they have discovered the lost city of Kane, where the ancient Battle of Arginusae took place. Kane was an ancient city on one of three Arginus islands; the other two islands still exist and are today called the Garip islands. “It was not clear that these lands were actually the Arginus islands that we were looking for until our research,” Felix Pirson, from the German Atcheological Institute, told Turkish newspaper Zaman. “By examining the geological samples obtained through the core-drill method, we recognized that the gap between the third Arginus island and the mainland was indeed filled with loose soil and rock, creating the existing peninsula.” Full story: qz.com/551210/researchers-just-unearthed-a-lost-island-in-the-aegean/ |
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Post by UKarchaeology on Nov 17, 2015 18:02:07 GMT
Another article on the matter;  Has the lost island of Kane been found? Peninsula in the Aegean Sea may be the missing site of an ancient Spartan battle
* The city of Kane sat on one of the Arginus islands off the coast of Turkey
* Battle of Arginusae between the Spartans and Athenians took place nearby
* Only two of the islands currently remain as the third became a peninsula
* Archaeologists have found pottery from what they believe to be Kane A lost city and island that was once the site of an epic Spartan battle 2,400 years ago may have been rediscovered in Turkey. A team of archaeologists has found evidence that part of a peninsula in the western Izmir province of the country was once an island. They believe it could be the ancient island of Kane, once home to a city of the same name, and which was the location of a great battle between the Spartans and Athenians in 406 BC. Pottery, ceramics and ancient ruins have been uncovered close to the village of Bademli, which lies on the peninsula, suggesting it was the site of the city of Kane. The island on which Kane sat was one of three Arginus islands, two of which still exist and are known as the Garip islands. However, the location of the third island, which is mentioned in ancient literature, disappeared. Geologists working with the archaeologists have now discovered it appears the island was absorbed in the peninsula as sediment filled in the strip of sea separating it from the mainland. Full story & pics: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3322131/Has-lost-city-Kane-ity-saw-Spartans-defeated-rediscovered-Sediment-joined-ancient-island-Kane-mainland.html |
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