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2,400-Year-Old Submerged City Remains Filmed Beneath Dicle Dam in Diyarbakır
For years, the waters of the Dicle Dam have concealed what looks less like scattered ruins and more like the outline of a forgotten settlement. Now, new underwater footage has brought that hidden landscape back into view. Captured during a routine dive by search-and-rescue teams in the Eğil district of southeastern Turkey, the images reveal…
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Medieval ‘City of the Hobbits’ and War Artifacts Unearthed at Bulgaria’s Ancient Thracian Site Perperikon
Archaeologists working at the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon in Bulgaria have uncovered a fascinating medieval settlement nicknamed the “City of the Hobbits” alongside war artifacts that reveal the site’s turbulent past. Led by Professor Nikolay Ovcharov, the excavation team is shedding new light on this 8,000-year-old archaeological treasure nestled in the Eastern Rhodope mountains.…