3 hours agoAlbanian, Polish archaeologists discover in Shkodra, a two-year-old town of Basania
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Sometimes the stones are more than just dust fragments. Sometimes they give details about the past or the future of our planet. ” The antiquity archaeologist of the Research Centre for South Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw found that the stones in Shkodra were the ruins of the 2,000-year-old town of Basanias”, writes Christina Ayele [...]
” The antiquity archeologists of the Research Centre for South Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw found that the stones in Shkodra were the ruins of the 2,000-year-old town of Basanias”, writes Christina Ayele Djossa on the blog “Alas Obscuura” dedicated to discoveries around the world.
At that time, Bassania was a military and economic fortress, part of the kingdom of Illyria, which has existed between 400 and 100 BC, writes ATSH.
The ancient city is made up of many dwellings and forts, one of which archaeologists found out.
What they found were ancient stones of a seal guarded by large towers and stone walls and wide doors nearly three meters wide. These protective buildings, according to Professor Piotr Diczek of Warsaw University, belong to Hellenistic architecture.
The team confirmed the mourning era by analyzing the coins found around it and fragments of ceramic vessels belonging to the era of the Ilirian kingdom.
But more information about the city came out of the stones. The broad stone walls surround an area of 200,000 square metres, meaning that Basani was three times wider than ancient Shkodra, which was 7,000 square feet [700 sq m].
But this city and the Ilirian kingdom were conquered by the Romans at the beginning of the first century. That is why archaeologists took so much to find Basian.
“Arsey may be that the city ceased to exist for so long that its name was forgotten”, writes Diczek.
The Polish and Albanian archeologists also speculated that the geology infrastructure of the site is related to this oblivion. Ruins have been found on a hill called the edge of the viper, in the village of Bushat, a few miles from Shkodra”, Diczek says.
After many years of erosion, the remaining stones looked like part of the stones that make up the hill. So for a passerby, it might look like a pile of stones, not a man - made structure.
Now that the discovered city is visible, it will be possible to visit these ruins.
