The excavation of Marmaray is like the port of Noah's Ark
The bones of Marmaray's excavations in Yenikapı shed light on history. With the examination of the bones, the history of Istanbul dates back to 8500 years ago. Interesting findings of the daily life of the period were also obtained.
The archaeological excavations in Marmaray's Yenikapı site are about to be completed.
In addition to the ruins of Theodosius Harbor belonging to the Byzantine period, human footprints, houses and tombs emerged. The animal skeletons found in the excavations are at least as interesting as the historical monuments.
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From the domesticated turtle, to the vultures fed to the feathers, 55 was found to have different species of animals.
”THEODISISUS IS NOT THE PORT OF NUH'S SHIP“
Researcher Vedat Onar commented on the ruins in Yenikapı, saying, değil This is not the port of Theodisisyus.
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But what does the bone finds tell us? Onar, researcher, gave this answer:
The history of Istanbul 4 bin-5 is going to 8500's not ending in a thousand years. By examining these we can build the bridge in this time tunnel. Therefore, we are trying to interpret this by understanding the past. We're trying to tell people how life is that day. Çalışıy
The historical animal skeletons of the 55 species will be exhibited at the Istanbul University Avcılar campus from April onwards.
Source : www.trt.net.tr.