Archaeologists Believe To Have Found The Lost Ancient City Of Tenea
- by XpatAthens
- Monday, 19 November 2018
A team of Greek archaeologists has discovered the first tangible remains of the lost city believed to have been founded by captives of the legendary Trojan War in the 12th or 13th century BC.
A ministry statement said that the excavations that took place in the southern Greek region of the Peloponnese from September to early October revealed “proof of the existence of the ancient city” of Tenea, which until now was known mostly from ancient texts. To date, archaeological finds include household pottery, bone gaming dice, marble and stone floors, and more than 200 rare ancient coins. Little is known about the city of Tenea, apart from ancient references to its reputed link with Troy and that Teneans were among the people who established the Greek colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
Tenea survived the destruction of the neighboring city of Corinth in 146 BC, but appears to have suffered damage during a Gothic invasion in the late 4th century AD and may have been deserted around the time of Slavic conquests two centuries later.
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