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Only image of the legendary castle found on Lesvos
(ORDO NEWS) — Greek archaeologists, while conducting research on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, discovered a marble lintel from the gate with an interesting engraving. The study showed that the only image of the medieval castle of Agios Theodoros known to science is carved on it. According to The History Blog, a unique artifact was discovered during the excavation of the foundations of the Byzantine gate. Once…
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On the island of Lesvos found trees aged 18 million years
(ORDO NEWS) — While excavating a rainwater pipe repair site in Lesvos, workers came across petrified trees that had grown here 18 million years ago. This is not the first find on this site. However, this time, 14 stone trunks were found at once on the territory of the so-called Petrified Forest. The Greek reporter portal reports on the find and the history of its appearance. “The trunks are very…