[blam]

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[Waverunner]

"We believe there used to be a platform on those sticks - down there is where the horses were unloaded."

"We've also found lots of things that tell us about the daily life of the city in the 4th Century," Mr Gokcay enthuses,

Gokcay-Dokey, once again ancient garbage slows down modern progress, While some what of a history nut myself, The historical value of the horse dock is minimal. Do a ground radar check, sift for the odd horeshoe, and build the new tunnel. - Don't make a freakin career out of broken hooves and bent nails. - Time marches on I hear.

[Verginius Rufus]

Sultan Abdul Mejid I reigned from 1839 to 1861. He was the Ottoman ruler during the Crimean War.

[SunkenCiv]

Ooh, thanks Blam!

around a thousand candle-holders and hairbrushes.

Lost cargo?

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[wildbill]

I'm sure they chose this site for the tunnel because it was closest to the opposite shore, but couldn't they move the entrance a few hundred meters to the side and complete their tunnel, leaving this remarkable find intact?

[Antoninus]

Very cool!

[eleni121]

Finding ancient ruins never stopped the vandal Turks from destroying and flooding these sites before.

I guess their quest for European membership prevents them slightly from doing what they do so well: destroy.

[SunkenCiv]

an update:

Dig for metro station uncovers long-lost port in Istanbul
Turkish Daily News
Thursday, June 22, 2006

They're calling the find the "Port of Theodosius," after the emperor of Rome and Byzantium who died in the year 395, and say the items they're digging up here could shed significant light on the commercial life of this ancient city. The excavations are being conducted in the Yenikapi area... So far, the archaeologists have found what they think might be a church, an old gate to the city and eight sunken ships, which archaeologist Cemal Pulak says he believes were all wiped out by a giant storm more than 1,000 years ago... Meanwhile, wall sections that are believed to be part of the Constantine Wall were unearthed in the western part of the excavation site, said Karamut. He added that underground graves dating to the fourth century were also unearthed in the same region.

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