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Multi-periodSite Name: Limantepe Alternative Name: Liman Tepe, KlazomenaiCountry: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: İzmir Nearest Village: Urla
Latitude: 38.362560N Longitude: 26.775670E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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davidmorgan visited on 24th Sep 2018 There were archaeologists working on this site. Not a lot to see.
A harbour settlement inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and apparently equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea along the shore significantly transformed in time, Limantepe is one of the oldest known artificial harbors in the Aegean Sea.
Discovered by Ekrem Akurgal in 1950, its exploration is being pursued simultaneously on land and underwater since 1979 by an international team and many of the artifacts discovered are currently on display in İzmir Archaeology Museum. It is very close but separate from the site of Klazomenai, inhabited as of the Iron Age and which itself had changed location several times during its history in the same area between the mainland and Karantina Island across its coastline.
Read more on this site at Wikipedia and more images on Flickr.
Note: Underwater archaeology research center opens in İzmir, and more Neolithic marine archaeology news in the comments
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