Archeologists unearthed several historical artifacts from the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman eras during excavations in the Zagnos Valley of Turkey’s northern Trabzon province.
The excavations in Ickale and Yukarihisar sites were launched in August in collaboration with Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality, Karadeniz Technical University, and the city’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Mehmet Yavuz, the head of the excavation team from Karadeniz Technical University, said that during the works carried out in an area spanning 5,000 square meters (53,820 square feet) the archeologists unearthed several historical artifacts such as roofing tiles, amphoras, coins, a bronze chandelier, an Ottoman seal, and an arrowhead dating back to the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
Noting that the works were focused in two areas with five different excavations, Yavuz revealed that in the first excavation in the south of Ickale Mosque, the teams went down…