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6,000 year old history comes to day light in Urla |
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Çarşamba, 10 Haziran 2009 |
A.A.
 6,000 year old history is coming to day light thanks to excavations in western city of Izmir's Urla town both
on land and under water.
The excavations take place every summer at Iskele district of
Urla. Excavations are conducted under the leadership of Dr. Hayat
Erkanal, Chairman of the Archeology Department at Ankara University
Language History Geography Faculty.
In
an exclusive interview with the A.A, Dr. Erkanal indicated that
excavations in Urla began in 1992. “As of the year 2000, we
are conducting excavations both on land and in water,” said Dr.
Erkanal. According to Erkanal, his team began working with
academicians from Haifa University in 2000. “Underwater excavation took
place with the help of academicians from the Haifa University,”
remarked Dr. Erkanal.
Underwater excavations, which have been
going on in Urla for the past six years, will for the first time be
watched by residents of Urla on a giant tv screen. “This way, we plan
to attract more attention to our excavations,” stressed
Erkanal.Artifacts dating 6,000 years back have been found on site at
Urla. Some of the found items belong to the Ionian civilization.
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