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According to Beck, "A similar set in this region and for this same period is the nearby town of Lerna," which is located in the nearby Gulf of Nafplion. Lerna is mentioned in the Greek mythological tale of Hercules, who had to battle the Hydra of many heads there as one of his twelve labors. "That city is considered a reference point in architectural terms and ceramics which have been found there,” said Beck. “Now, if we compare our discovery to that important city,” Lerna’s status will now have to be re-examined, said Beck. A map and drawings of the newly discovered village have yet to be drafted because of the sheer size of the find.
Along the shore near the site, archaeologists have found more than 6,000 objects, including fragments of the red ceramics that are characteristic of the area. Beck called the area an “archaeologist’s paradise.”
Beck points out that other civilizations were extant at the time, such as Egypt and the nascent civilizations at the islands of Crete and Santorini. The researchers expect that future research at Lambayanna will shed new light on a dense network of coastal settlements stretched throughout the Aegean Sea. Of the structures found by the researchers, Beck said “There must have been a brick superstructure above a stone foundation,” who added that “the chances of finding such walls under water are extremely low." Furthermore, he said, "the full size of the facility is not yet known. We do not know why it is surrounded by fortifications."
The walls that were found by the team are contemporaneous with the pyramids at Giza that were built around 2600-2500 B.C., as well as the Cycladic civilization (3200 to 2000 BC), at the first Minoans on the island of Crete (2700-1200 BC). However, they precede the first great Greek civilization, the Mycenaean (1650-1100 BC), by one thousand years. Obsidian blades that the researchers found at Lambayanna may have come from volcanic rock sourced at Milos: an island in the Cyclades archipelago that was inhabited as of the third millennium. The island is known for the famous statue of Aphrodite which was found there and now displayed at the Louvre.
Based on a study of the style of the pottery discovered at Lambayanna, researchers believe that the site dates to the Early Helladic II phase, said Beck, and contemporaneous with the building of the famous Egyptian pyramids.
Bronze Age Greek city found underwater
Very cool find.
Along the shore near the site, archaeologists have found more than 6,000 objects, including fragments of the red ceramics that are characteristic of the area. Beck called the area an “archaeologist’s paradise.”
Beck points out that other civilizations were extant at the time, such as Egypt and the nascent civilizations at the islands of Crete and Santorini. The researchers expect that future research at Lambayanna will shed new light on a dense network of coastal settlements stretched throughout the Aegean Sea. Of the structures found by the researchers, Beck said “There must have been a brick superstructure above a stone foundation,” who added that “the chances of finding such walls under water are extremely low." Furthermore, he said, "the full size of the facility is not yet known. We do not know why it is surrounded by fortifications."
The walls that were found by the team are contemporaneous with the pyramids at Giza that were built around 2600-2500 B.C., as well as the Cycladic civilization (3200 to 2000 BC), at the first Minoans on the island of Crete (2700-1200 BC). However, they precede the first great Greek civilization, the Mycenaean (1650-1100 BC), by one thousand years. Obsidian blades that the researchers found at Lambayanna may have come from volcanic rock sourced at Milos: an island in the Cyclades archipelago that was inhabited as of the third millennium. The island is known for the famous statue of Aphrodite which was found there and now displayed at the Louvre.
Based on a study of the style of the pottery discovered at Lambayanna, researchers believe that the site dates to the Early Helladic II phase, said Beck, and contemporaneous with the building of the famous Egyptian pyramids.
Bronze Age Greek city found underwater
Very cool find.
