Archaeological interrogation on the prehistoric Acropolis of Gla (or Glas) inward Boeotia volition resume, next an understanding betwixt the Ministry of Culture too Prefect of Mainland Hellenic Republic Costas Bakoyiannis publicized on Monday, according to ANA.
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The site was inhabited inward the Neolithic period, too was situated on a rocky outcrop forming an isle inward the middle of Lake Kopais. In the 13th century, Mycenaeans undertook a massive projection to drain the lake, gradually adding to Gla massive defence ("Cyclopean") walls, a megaron of ii rooms too storage areas. The walls enclosed an expanse of xx hectares (200 stremmas), x times the length of the walls inward Tiryns too Athens, too vii times that of Mycenae.
The site appears to convey been built alone equally housing for individuals related to the project, different other citadels. Gla was considered ane of iii major palatial centers inward Boeotia, along amongst Thebes too Orchomenos.
After the autumn of Mycenaean civilisation yesteryear some 1200 BC, the H2O channels brutal into disuse too eventually the lake filled upward again, until it was permanently drained inward the early on 20th century.
Gla was dug lastly yesteryear the belatedly professor Spyros Iakovidis, who also published the results of before excavations on the site.
"It is our responsibleness to promote our hidden treasures from destination to destination of the country," Bakoyiannis said. "The Mycenaean acropolis of Gla is withal some other magnificent monument that volition live promoted too protected yesteryear the regional authority," he added.
Source: Athens News Agency [August 29, 2018]
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