An ancient meat as well as fish marketplace position called 'macellum' past times the Romans (Greek makellon) has been unearthed inward the 2,200-year-old metropolis of Aigai inward the western Turkish say of Manisa’s Yunusemre district.
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Excavation works, carried out past times Manisa Celal Bayar University’s archæology department, accept latterly ended inward the ancient city.
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The caput of the excavations, Yusuf Sezgin, as well as his squad unearthed the 1,900-year-old meat as well as fish marketplace position alongside new, detailed information inward this year’s works. The small-scale square-like construction is on a terrace following to the footing flooring of an agora building, which is known equally the metropolis centre.
“In the outset years when nosotros started excavations, this house was covered. Very few parts of it were visible. We had no stance what it was. But afterward the excavations nosotros realized that this is a macellum, the meat-fish market. It was similar the butcher of modern day. But inward antiquity, butchers as well as fishermen were together. The stones on the flooring are placed inward lime mortar. So the H2O is accumulated there. There are 2 channels that let the fresh H2O to come inward as well as the muddy H2O out. There must accept been fish inward this water. This house is thirteen kilometres from the sea. On the other hand, Aigai way caprine animal inward Greek. So, nosotros believe that caprine animal meat was sold here, too,” he added.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [October 29, 2018]
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