The oldest settlement at Troy dates to the end of the fourth millennium B.C. It was founded on a small hilltop near an inland lagoon of the Dardanelles, a narrow strait connecting the Sea of ...

2. Walls. Troy I was one of the most heavily fortified sites in the region during the early Bronze Age. The limestone walls stood over 11.5 feet high and reached a thickness of almost 10 feet.

Troy II became a much different settlement than its predecessor, as the city gradually developed into a major commercial center with trade contacts extending from the Aegean to central Asia.

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Troy VI (ca. 1750 B.C.-1300 B.C.) Excavations over the past few decades have also uncovered evidence of a large residential district lying south of the main citadel, although its extent …

A reevaluation of evidence along North America’s western coast shows how its earliest inhabitants managed the sea’s resources.. At Gibsons Beach stone walls forming circles and …

GREECE: Olympia, home to the famed Temple of Zeus and the original Olympic Games, is commonly thought to have been destroyed by an earthquake and covered by river floods.A …

Aug 19, 2016 · (Argyll Archaeology) IONA, SCOTLAND—The Press and Journal reports that a site believed to have been a prehistoric settlement has been unearthed on the island of Iona. …

Neolithic fortified settlement, Siberia (Courtesy Henny Piezonka). Researchers have learned that the earliest known fortresses in the world were built by Neolithic hunter-gatherers around 6000 …

Nov 16, 2021 · (GCN/Nelson et al. 2021) EUGENE, OREGON—According to a statement released by the University of Oregon, a skull bearing deformations of the nose and upper jaw, …