ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE RE-DISCOVERING THIS LONG LOST GREEK CITY

And you can now watch them do it.

 
Chuck some lamb on the barbie and pour yourself a Peloponnese Pinot – archaeologists are re-discovering a long lost Greek City, believed to be referenced in the Illiad, and you can sit back and watch.

Archaeologists have been excavating the remains of Thouria, an ancient Greek city, for more than a decade. But now, thanks to a video released by the BBC this morning you can watch how they do it.

Of course – it’s not Athens or Sparta. But, historically speaking, regions controlled by those cities are very important. Thouria, for example, belonged to the latter: “located on the outskirts of what is now the southern city of Kalamata – often referenced as one of the most significant cities of western Messenia, a region under Spartan rule for roughly 400 years,” (BBC).

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