For Yous Data - 3,400-Year-Old Citadel Unearthed Inwards Romania

Romanaian too High German archaeologists convey discovered inwards Arad county, inwards Western Romania, a citadel that covers almost ninety hectares too is believed to live on almost 3,400 years old, dating from the Bronze Age, local sources reported.

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The “Old Citadel” (Cetatea Veche), equally the archaeologists called it, was unearthed on the territory of Sântana, a town inwards Arad county. The commencement excavations were made in that place inwards 2009 but the squad of High German too Romanaian archaeologists has intensified the interrogation inwards the end 2 years, revealing the huge discovery.

Rüdiger Krause, professor at the Goethe University inwards Frankfurt, too Romanaian professor Florin Gogâltan, from the Institute of Archaeology too History of Art of the Romanaian Academy inwards Cluj-Napoca, came to the determination that the “Old Citadel” inwards Sântana was built inwards the 14th century BC, most 3,400 years ago.

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“The citadel inwards Sântana is ane of the largest fortifications built during the mentioned period. Our run is to regain out why this fortification was made, why this structure was needed,” the High German professor said.

The discoveries likewise made the archaeologists believe that the “Old Citadel” inwards Romania is much bigger than the ancient metropolis of Troy.

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“Troy had an surface area of 29 hectares, the Citadel inwards Sântana covers 89 hectares. The buildings of Troy were made of stone. At Sântana, the buildings were made of clay too wood, a sign that civilisation was to a greater extent than developed too adapted to the edifice materials it had,” Florin Gogâltan explained. “We are facing ane of the biggest too impressive fortresses inwards Europe.”

In add-on to excavations, the archaeologists are likewise using state-of-the-art technologies to depict a map of the fortification.

“We researched most 55 hectares of the nearly 90. And, next these measurements, nosotros flora something that scared us: a huge palace, alongside a length of 100 meters too width of forty meters. We desire to maintain digging and, if possible, nosotros desire to brand this citadel smashing again, merely equally it was over 3,000 years ago,” the Romanaian professor likewise said.

Author: Irina Marica | Source: Romania Insider [August 06, 2018]


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