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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 August 2024)
Kinda looks like a fancy letter-opener. Perhaps it had other
uses, too.
A new discovery has come to light from the underwater excavations
being conducted since 2019 in the Mediterranean Sea with permission
of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The excavations in the waters
off Anatalya's Kumluca district have been led by Assistant Professor Dr.
Hakan Öniz of Akdeniz University on behalf of the Excavations and
Research Office Directorate. Previously, a sunken ship carrying copper
"yastık" (pillow) ingots thought to have come from the Trodos Mountains
on Cyprus was found at a depth of 50 meters.
This time, a silver-riveted bronze dagger has been discovered in the
wreck. Experts believe that the dagger is 3,600 years old and belongs
to the Crete-Minoan civilization, indicating that the ship was en route to
Crete when it sank. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy
shared images of the wreck and the dagger on social media, writing:
"A 3,600-year secret has seen the light of day from the depths of the
Mediterranean Sea. An underwater excavation in the waters off
Antalya's Kumluca district has yielded a silver-riveted bronze dagger
belonging to the Crete-Minoan civilization. The wreck is a candidate
to become one of the most important discoveries in underwater archeology
in the world, not just in Turkey. I thank our teams from Akdeniz
University and the Excavations and Research Office Directorate for
achieving this discovery, thanks to their fastidious efforts to bring the
traces of hidden civilizations lying in the depths of the Mediterranean
to light."
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