Six 2000-year-old statues were discovered in ancient Magnesia



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Six 2000-year-old statues were discovered on Saturday on the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Magnesia in southwestern Turkey and more precisely in the present provincial town of Germencik , according to Daily Sabah.

Professor Orhan Bingol, who has been supervising excavations in the area since 1984, has stated that four of six female statues a male, while the bad of the last monster is unknown

. Bingol adds that all the statues were found in the same region and in the same state of conservation, placed face to face and side by side

"We know that, with those exposed at Constantinople, Smyrna and Aydin, there was about 50 statues discovered in the ruins of Magn This discovery will not be the end of the excavations, stating clearly that we can find more statues in this region "said Bingol.

The first excavations in Magnesia took place between 1891 and 1893 by a German archaeological team led by Carl Humann. The work lasted 21 months and revealed partly the theater, the Temple of Artemis, the market, the temple of Zeus and the prytanée . Excavations continued in the area after a 100-year period in 1984 by Bingol.

Source: Daily Sabah

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