This year’s field season is over? and despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic? archaeologists from the Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies (IOCS) were able to expeditions to Italy? Turkey? and Abkhazia. Russian institution that conducts regular archaeological research in the Mediterranean region—the heart of ancient civilization? where neither Soviet nor Russian classical archaeologists have ever worked before.
July: Turkey
In July? the Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology launched a new project to study Parion? an ancient city located on the southern coast of the Marmara Sea. This is the first time that a Russian archaeological mission has worked in Turkey.
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At the end of the 8th century BC? Parion guatemala whatsapp number data 5 million existed until at least the 12th century. It was an important centre of the ancient Troad region? especially during Hellenistic and Roman times. However? despite the historical importance of the city and the fact that its ruins impressed travellers back in the 18th century? no systematic archaeological studies of Parion were conducted until 2005.
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Since then? an expedition from Samsun activist tim wise it stops facing the proble University (Turkey) led by Prof. Vedat Kelesh has been conducting excavations there. Prof.
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The HSE expedition. For the past few years? Turkish a alb directory panel archaeologists have unearthed and studied the Parion theatre? the Odeon? Roman thermae? a gymnasium? and a number of other buildings and structures. Archaeologists also continue to conduct systematic excavations of the necropolis. The HSE expedition undertook the excavation of the Agora—the political? economic? and cultural centre of Parion. The upper layer? which dates back to the 9th–11th centuries? was investigated over an area of about 120 sq m.