February
18
/ 2018
A storm in the Black Sea has washed up ancient Roman pillars and artifacts in Turkey's Amasra district. According to Hurriyet Daily News “locals found the ruins lying among the rocks on the beach and contacted the Amasra Museum Directorate.” The Director of Amasra Museum, Baran Aydın, has identified the pieces as “Roman-era figures…unearthed by a construction company which possibly dumped them in the sea along with other debris.” Antalya was founded by Attalos II, King of Pergamon, in 150 BC, but many ancient Roman landmarks remain, for example, the Roman port city Phaselis and Hadrian’s Gate, which was built by the Roman emperor in the 2nd century. The washed-up artifacts dated to around 90 BC, a time when the
