Extraordinary 2,400-Year-Old Greek Theater Found on Turkey’s Coast
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Extraordinary.jpg?itok=FvPtisyA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Extraordinary.jpg?itok=FvPtisyA" width="610" height="384" alt="Extraordinary 2,400-Year-Old Greek Theater Found on Turkey’s Coast" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Turkish archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery at the ancient Greek city of Alexandria Troas, in Canakkale, a seaport city on the southern shore of the Dardanelles along the Aegean Sea in northwestern Turkey. What they have found are the ruins of a theater that is believed to be approximately 2,400 years old. Much of the theater is still underground and yet to be excavated, but the archaeologists are thrilled by what they have uncovered so far.</p>
<p>Incredibly, this huge
Greek theater is estimated to have seated up to 12,000 people. It is one of many spectacular archaeological finds in Canakkale, which is the home of multiple ancient sites, including the site where the legendary city of
Troy was once located.</p>
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<h2>A Cosmopolitan History</h2>
<p>The history of the region that is now Turkey is unique because of its location. It sits at what has been a crossroads for many civilizations for many centuries, and many of the people who arrived from elsewhere left a mark on the culture and in the archaeological record that is still being investigated today.</p>
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