In a new discovery , archeologist have found what seem to be complex architecture and grounds of metal - body of work inhume beneath the surface of a Greek island .
Imagine this : You ’re cruising through the Aegean Sea and along the horizon see a " mega - pyramid " seemingly jutting out of the ocean , glimmering white in the Mediterranean sun . It ’s the hooey Romance language novels are made of .
It ’s also the ken ancient Greeks sailing to the Dhaskalio promontory , located on the island of Keros , would have pick up 4,500 year ago .
The pyramid - mould head has been an archaeolgical web site for the last decade . In the third millenium BC , builders train the promontory carved the realm into stepped terrace and cover it in white-hot stone import from Naxos , located 10 kilometers ( 6 miles ) away .
Now , researcher are digging deep . They say the civilization back then may have been far more technically sophisticated than we think .
Archaeologists from three dissimilar countries involved in the ongoing archeological site uncovered exploit of engineering craftsmanship below the promontory . A range of impressive feature – including a complex series of drain tunnels and metalwork – mean the architecture was probable multi - function and cautiously planned in advance .
Theresearch teamcalculates that more than 1,000 net ton of Isidor Feinstein Stone were spell and that almost every possible sphere on the island was construct on . At the fourth dimension , it would have been one of the most densely populated areas on the islands and the largest complex hump in the Cyclades .
“ What we are assure here with the metalworking and in other ways is the first of urbanization : centralisation , mean the drawing of far - flung communities into networks center on on web site , ” said Centennial State - director of the excavation Michael Boyd , from the University of Cambridge , in astatement .
import metallic element ore would have been smelted to the north , where excavator found two metalworking workshops full of debris and related target , include a lead ax , a mould for copper color daggers , dozens of ceramic fragment from metalworking equipment , and an integral clay oven .
Further testing will determine whether the drainage tunnels were for clean weewee or sewage .
Excavated soil sample show grape vine and olive culture , as well as oddment of heartbeat crop , Libyan Fighting Group , and cereals – most of which researchers say would have been imported like in modern urban centers .
“ Keros was probably not ego - sustaining , intend that much of this food was imported : in the light of this evidence we need to reconsider what we know about exist meshing to admit food telephone exchange , ” say lead author Dr Evi Margaritis of the Cyprus Institute in astatement .
Dhaskalio is also recollect to be a place wherecomplex ritualswere performed .
Researchers intend to return in 2018 for further excavation .
