Ruins in Athens may be an ancient market

NF Reporter · 03-02-2007, 10:18 PM

AP - Archaeologists have discovered extensive remains of what is believed to be an ancient marketplace with shops and a religious center at the southern edge of Athens, the Culture Ministry said Friday. The finds, in the coastal neighborhood of Voula, date from the 4th or 5th century B.C.

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DeViAnThans3 · 03-06-2007, 04:29 PM

If you read news like this, you always think: how it is possible that within 2500 years (of course very long, but still) a whole city could disappear under the ground. Additionally, we now rediscover it, this means nobody knew about it before its rediscovery, and well, while the 2500 years everyone forgot about that market place ... its very difficult to imagine