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  • 2,400-Year-Old Tomb Found at Aspendos May Have Belonged to a Wrestler

    2,400-Year-Old Tomb Found at Aspendos May Have Belonged to a Wrestler

    Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Aspendos in southern Türkiye have uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old cist grave containing coins decorated with images of wrestlers, raising the possibility that the person buried there may have been connected to sport. The grave was discovered in the newly identified Eastern Necropolis, the first burial area of its kind…