Four times larger than Troy, Bronze Age site to be unearthed in Manisa

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In Gölmarmara Lake of Turkey’s Aegean province of Manisa, archaeology excavation findings are about to bring to light the late Bronze Age (1600 - 1200 B.C.). The international excavation team consisting of 42 archaeologists from U.S., Europe and Turkey’s universities have been working on the Kaymakçı Hill in the water basin since 2013, following a 10-year-long research process.

One of the eye-catching findings is a large castle unearthed in the Hacıveliler Neighborhood of Gölmarmara, predicted to have hosted ancestors of Lydians. The basis is also known as Seha River Country, according to the Hittite Empire sources dating back to 2000 B.C.

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