Experts Explored This Turkish Lake And Found An Enormous Ancient Artifact Hidden Below The Surface

Experts Explored This Turkish Lake And Found An Enormous Ancient Artifact Hidden Below The Surface

On the shores of a lake in western Turkey, an archaeologist is searching for the remains of an ancient civilization. Less than 200 feet away from his excavation site, however, a secret is hiding underwater – and has been for over 1,000 years. And it’s only in 2014, when surveyors show off aerial images of…

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Image: Pen News
Image: Mustafa Şahin/Lake Iznik Excavation Archive
Image: via Daily Mail

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[mikhailmaimoonahoward]

I am in Iznik now . The lakes water is so low now it’s actually sticking up out of the lake .

[Handcrafted]

There is an archeological museum in the town as well. good on them they decided finally to study it .

[marinehmovsesian]

So are we just gonna ignore that was west Armenia right ?!

[beautifuldreamer]

Goodness! Turkey is a most amazing country! With history piled on top of history.

[ytxmak]

I thought it was going to be an 'alien base' or something. Ahhh... what a relief, something from the real world! Thank you!

[aol]

Whenever I click on the video that has this voice I know it's going to be a very long video to explain a couple of facts over and over instead of a long video with lots of interesting facts

[whowhat]

I came here about something found in a lake, not a history lesson on Turkey!
GET ON WITH IT ALL

[rodzilla]

Good god do you ever ever get to the point. I'm here to hear about a lake

[blainemitchell]

If there is one then there should be more close by. A church would not have stood alone.

[goodmoodgoodday]

you better not put the today´s Turkey in the context of the great ancient discoveries. Romans and Greeks gave that place what is called today Turkey its character and ancient civilizations are the builder of the fantastic structures. The Turks are contoured this place and add nothing significant to it, they only profit from it.

[thebluecollarbadass]

It could be this could be that but let's bore you to tears with a Turkish history lesson

[andyginterblues]

Parishoners at that basilica must have been able to hold their breath for a long time.

[rdoody]

I think the locals knew about this all along. But I digress!

[tooge]

Build a serious coffer dam, pump the water out and this treasure will be dry for excavation / study

[EnginAtik]

There is a beach and marina very close by. It lies at 10 miles distance from Bursa airport. It is not even remotely possible that nobody spotted it before.

[jcamisa]

Very interesting. God only knows what else is under the waters of that area.

[ArchFundy]

Total BS. I don't believe that the locals didn't know it was there. I also agree with many of the other comments stating how poorly the presentation is done by a very annoying voice. Thumbs down.

[cbm]

I expect that this "artifact" was not used very often being located under 10 feet of water.

[capie]

Fascinating subjects, well narrated, nicely directed, but too wirdy to subscribe.

Hiw many times does one have to rephase the intro to get the point across? Certainly not three times.

[DanielBrowne-dzwe]

Cannot stand the narrator here, so I will be careful to watch out and AVOID any more of these channels.