[HN Gopher] Remains of a 3,500-year-old Ancient Greek Structure ...
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       Remains of a 3,500-year-old Ancient Greek Structure found in
       Croatia
        
       Author : taubek
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2024-10-11 06:31 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arkeonews.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arkeonews.net)
        
       | stareatgoats wrote:
       | Except, the structure isn't 3500 years old. The find is no doubt
       | interesting but the Greeks did not start their colonization until
       | almost 1000 years later, as the actual article text explains. The
       | settlement might be 3500 years old, but the Greeks (who build the
       | structure) came much later.
       | 
       | The editorialized title here makes an already sensationalist
       | heading just - incorrect.
        
         | INTPenis wrote:
         | Yeah it's very confusing. The original article[1] (Croat here)
         | actually only mentions strata going into different periods, not
         | exact years of age. It shows the area has been settled through
         | the prehistory, helenistic and roman periods, and into the
         | medieval period.
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         | 1. https://min-kulture.gov.hr/vijesti-8/u-stobrecu-otkriveni-
         | na...
        
         | noncoml wrote:
         | Based on the new info and my Civ experience, I'd say this was
         | an early game City State conquering by the Greeks, before
         | meeting other civs, to avoid being labeled as war mongers
        
       | Jun8 wrote:
       | 2000-3500=1500BCE which would be the era of Mycenaean Greece in
       | Greece. AFAIK, it would be an _earth shattering_ find if you
       | found a Greek artifact in Croatia, eg something with Linear-A
       | lettering.
        
       | tap-snap-or-nap wrote:
       | If they were digging like that next to my house, I would not be
       | happy.
        
         | snug wrote:
         | I'd rather them be digging up ancient artifacts quietly, than
         | the planned loud construction that was going to be going on
         | instead
        
           | drexlspivey wrote:
           | The first metro line in Thessaloniki, Greece, planned to open
           | next month, started construction 20 years ago. It took so
           | long because (among other things) they kept bumping onto
           | archeological sites. They have uncovered 130000 archeological
           | finds so far.
        
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