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Multi-periodSite Name: Dana Island Alternative Name: Dana Adası
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Silifke
Latitude: 36.192321N  Longitude: 33.765571E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Dana Island submitted by dodomad : A huge shipyard, believed to be the oldest in the world, has been discovered on Dana Island in the southern province of Mersin’s Silifke district. Academics believe that the huge shipyard, which includes nearly 270 slipways, could shed light on the 400-year “Dark Ages” of the Mediterranean over 1,000 years B.C. Photo Credit: Selçuk University (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Late Bronze Age shipyard recently discovered on Dana Island, Mersin Province, Turkey. Estimated to date from 1200 BCE, there are nearly 270 slipways along the north-west coast of the island. See comment for more info.
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Re: Huge ancient shipyard unearthed on Turkey’s Dana Island by Anonymous on Sunday, 11 July 2021
sounds like the illyad
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Re: Huge ancient shipyard unearthed on Turkey’s Dana Island by Hatty on Saturday, 29 October 2016
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"Academics believe that the huge shipyard, which includes nearly 270 slipways, could shed light on the 400-year “Dark Ages” of the Mediterranean over 1,000 years B.C. "
Surely someone is having a larf....no shipyard requires 'nearly 270 slipways'.

This shipyard is claimed to be a) the only such shipyard in the world and b) the oldest shipyard in the world. One might wonder if it's wise to call it a shipyard at all without a tad more evidence.
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    Re: Huge ancient shipyard unearthed on Turkey’s Dana Island by davidmorgan on Saturday, 29 October 2016
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    "more evidence" - I agree. It does sound a bit odd.
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Huge ancient shipyard unearthed on Turkey’s Dana Island by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 19 October 2016
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A huge shipyard, believed to be the oldest in the world, has been discovered on Dana Island in the southern province of Mersin’s Silifke district.

Academics believe that the huge shipyard, which includes nearly 270 slipways, could shed light on the 400-year “Dark Ages” of the Mediterranean over 1,000 years B.C.

“This is the one and only in the world. The biggest shipyard that has been proven archaeologically in the world,” said Hakan Öniz, the head of Selçuk University’s Underwater Archaeology Department.

Öniz said they had started underwater works on the coasts of Mersin in 2015 in an attempt to discover archaeological artifacts and prohibited areas for diving on the coasts of Mersin, particularly in Silifke.

He also added that they had determined the existence of archaeological wreckages in the region. “But the most exciting for us was an iron spur that we found at a depth of 35 meters and that was used as the weapon of warships in ancient ages. Such an iron spur has been found for the first time in the world,” Öniz said.

The team has carried out works from west to east on the Selçuk 1 Scientific Research Ship and is continuing to work around the Dana Island, located two kilometers off the coast.

“We were surprised when we found dozens of slipways in the northern part of the island in 2015,” Öniz said, adding that they were still working to determine the exact period these structures date back to.

“During works in 2016, we also unearthed a huge shipyard where 274 ships could be built at the same time. It is the only such shipyard in the world. We are continuing work to try to date it. Most probably it is the oldest shipyard in the world. We estimate that it was used around 1,200 B.C. in the Late Bronze Age,” he said.

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