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nyo-social-comments-above"> By <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author"><a rel="author" class="url fn n" href="http://observer.com/author/sage-lazzaro/" title="View All Posts by Sage Lazzaro">Sage Lazzaro</a></span> • <span class="entry-date">12/16/16 12:21pm</span> <div class="addthis_responsive_sharing addthis-responsive-css-override" data-url="http://observer.com/2016/12/archaeologists-just-discovered-a-2500-year-old-lost-city-atop-a-greek-mountain-peak/" data-title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500-Year-Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak"></div> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="ndn_embed" id="inform-player-1" data-config-distributor-id="91843" data-config-width="100%" data-config-aspect-ratio="16:9" data-config-pb="1" data-config-float="bottom left"></div> <div id="attachment_881359" style="width: 645px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635" data-lazy-src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635" class="size-large wp-image-881359" alt="The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains." width="635" height="357" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak"><noscript><img class="size-large wp-image-881359" src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635%20635w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=300%20300w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768%20768w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg%201100w" alt="The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains." width="635" height="357" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak" srcset="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635 635w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=300 300w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768 768w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/extra_large-1481648730-cover-image-2.jpg 1100w" sizes="(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px"></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text">The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains. <span class="media-credit">SIA/EFAK/YPPOA</span></p></div> <p>A few weeks ago, <a href="http://observer.com/2016/11/egyptian-archaeologists-just-discovered-a-7000-year-old-lost-city-along-the-nile/">Egyptian archaeologists excavated</a> parts of Abydos, a “lost city” they believe dates back to 5,316 BCE and could have been part of the first capital of one of the earliest Egyptian empires. Now, a similar discovery has been made in Greece.</p> <p>An international team of Swedish and Greek archaeologists discovered the remains of a former metropolis located 190 miles north of Athens. The 2,500-year-old lost city is buried underground, yet it is high in the sky on the Strongilovoúni hill on the great Thessalian plains.</p> <p>“A colleague and I came across the site in connection with another project last year, and we realized the great potential right away. The fact that nobody has never explored the hill before is a mystery,” Robin Rönnlund, PhD student in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg and leader of the fieldwork, said in a <a href="http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/news-calendar/News_detail//swedish-archaeologists-discover-unknown-city-in-greece.cid1416535#prettyPhoto" target="_blank">statement</a>.</p> <div id="attachment_881361" style="width: 645px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635" data-lazy-src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635" class="size-large wp-image-881361" alt="Fortress walls, towers and city gates are clearly visible from the air. " width="635" height="450" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak"><noscript><img class="size-large wp-image-881361" src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635%20635w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=300%20300w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768%20768w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg%20854w" alt="Fortress walls, towers and city gates are clearly visible from the air. " width="635" height="450" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak" srcset="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=635 635w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=300 300w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768 768w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648456-lost-city1-2.jpg 854w" sizes="(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px"></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text">Fortress walls, towers and city gates are clearly visible from the air. <span class="media-credit">SIA/EFAK/YPPOA</span></p></div> <p>At the 99-acre site, towers, walls and city gates can be found on the summit and slopes of the mountain, but hardly anything is visible from the ground below. The discovery of a town square and street grid indicates they’ve discovered a large city.</p> <p>But rather than excavate, the team is using ground-penetrating radar, which will enable them to learn from the site without disturbing it. So far this method has been successful and led to the discovery of many of the aforementioned city structures.</p> <div id="attachment_881367" style="width: 439px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=429" data-lazy-src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=429" class="size-large wp-image-881367" alt="Fragment of red-figure pottery from the late 6th century BC, probably by Attic painter Paseas." width="429" height="600" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak"><noscript><img class="size-large wp-image-881367" src="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=429%20429w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=858%20858w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=214%20214w,%20https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768%20768w" alt="Fragment of red-figure pottery from the late 6th century BC, probably by Attic painter Paseas." width="429" height="600" title="Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500 Year Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak" srcset="https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=429 429w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=858 858w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=214 214w, https://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/content-1481648332-greek-pottery-2.jpg?quality=80&w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px"></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text">Fragment of red-figure pottery from the late 6th century BC, probably by Attic painter Paseas. <span class="media-credit">SIA/EFAK/YPPOA</span></p></div> <p>“We also found ancient pottery and coins that can help to date the city. Our oldest finds are from around 500 BC, but the city seems to have flourished mainly from the fourth to the third century BC before it was abandoned for some reason, maybe in connection with the Roman conquest of the area,” Rönnlund said.</p> <p>He believes the find can change the view of an area that traditionally has been considered a backwater of the ancient world and provide clues as to what happened during a particularly violent time in Greek history.</p> <div class="ndn_embed" id="inform-player-2" data-config-distributor-id="91843" data-config-width="100%" data-config-aspect-ratio="16:9" data-config-pb="7" data-config-float="bottom left"></div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> </footer> </article> <div class="next-article-button-container gray-rule-top"> <a id="next-article-button-desktop-and-tablet" class="next-article-button" href="http://observer.com/2016/12/why-fashion-and-politics-dont-mix/"><span class="flex-wrap"><span class="next-article-button-text">Up Next<span 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