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Şanlıurfa - Rock tombs nearly 2,000 years old, which have been unearthed in caves in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, are to be opened to tourists after excavations are completed. Inside the uncovered caves a total of 113 rock tombs were found. A number of figures and four floor mosaics were discovered in the rock tomb chambers within the scope of the ongoing works. “Restoration and environmental works have unearthed 72 caves in the Kale Eteği district and 61 in Kızılkoyun district. The caves have rock tombs inside. These rock tombs date back to the 1st century A.D, from the era of Edessa King Abgar. We have also found mosaics on the ground of the ancient tombs, depicting the figures of this era. Families that lived in this era were buried in tombs in these caves. Şanlıurfa Museum archaeologist Bekir Çetin said the region was known as the necropolis (graveyard) of Edessa city, adding that they found rock tombs up to three meters underground. “The ones at that depth are better preserved. There is one rock tomb here, the entrance of which has never been opened. It looks like a temple. A similar one can be seen in the southwest Anatolia. The rock tombs here have two or three chambers. Their columns and decorations draw particular attention at the entrance of the rock tombs. In some chambers, one can see Triton, a mythological Greek god. This reveals that those rock tomb caves are important for Şanlıurfa tourism,” Çetin said.
FRANCE – Lyon - Sous les collines de la Croix-Rousse se cache un patrimoine qui recèle de nombreux mystères : les arêtes de poisson. Un dédale de puits et de galeries de plusieurs dizaines de mètres de longueur. Un ouvrage qui remonte à l’Antiquité. Trente-deux galeries de 30 mètres de longueur et identiques partent de deux tunnels centraux et superposés. C’est pour cela qu’on nomme cet endroit : les arêtes de poisson. Avec des puits de 80m de profondeur, de l’eau en permanence, des échelles rouillées et pas de sécurisation, c’est un réseau encore inaccessible au public. La ville de Lyon a mis au jour ces 32 arêtes de poisson en 1959. Une datation au carbone 14 a permis de situer la construction entre - 400 et le début de notre ère. « Ce réseau est conséquent. Nous avons plus de 2 km de galeries qui sont sûrement à mettre en lien avec un ou plusieurs édifices de surface, dont on ne connaît pas la nature. On ne sait que très peu de choses en termes d’archéologie sur la moitié supérieure de la colline. Ce sont, à mon avis, des galeries de services qui ont servi à desservir, aussi à stocker éventuellement dans certains espaces », pense Emmanuel Bernot, archéologue de la ville de Lyon. L’origine reste inconnue. Ce qui est sûr, c’est que la Croix-Rousse était à l’époque inhabitée. Seuls le sanctuaire des Trois Gaules et l’amphithéâtre existaient.
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Kruzov Island - In July, an international team of archaeologists returned to the coast of Kruzov Island in their search for the lost Russian ship, Neva, wrecked in 1813 in one of the worst maritime disasters in Alaskan history. Following up on last year’s discovery of a Russian period survivor’s camp, researchers uncovered significant new wreckage and artifacts, and most somber, the grave of one of Neva’s forgotten crewmen or passengers who perished during the wreck. New finds leave little doubt that the elusive wreck site has been located after more than 200 years. The team has also begun piecing together the amazing story of its shipwrecked crew. The Russian-American Company (RAC) ship Neva was arguably one of most celebrated and reviled ships in early Alaskan history. Between 1803 and 1806 it was the first of two ships to circumnavigate the globe for Russia’s fledgling Navy. It also played the pivotal role in the 1804 Battle of Sitka, using her guns and crew to break Tlingit resistance to Russian settlement. For years the ship supplied the RAC with crucial supplies and personnel, and again made history in 1807 as the first Russian ship to sail to Australia. Yet Neva’s luck ran out during what would become her final voyage in late August, 1812.
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