Conference reveals many secrets in ancient city of Stratonikeia

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A conference in Muğla brings together academics. Head of the excavations at Stratonikeia Ancient City Professor Bilal Söğüt said Stratonikeia hides many artifacts and traces from the Ottoman, Roman, and Byzantium eras

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The ancient city of Stratonikeia is home to Ottoman era stones on its roads and that’s why it is very important, say excavation officials. DHA photos

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The head of the Stratonikeia Ancient City excavations, Professor Bilal Söğüt, said Stratonikeia was home to many civilizations in the past, and therefore the site contained many artifacts and traces from the Ottoman, Roma, Byzantium eras. Söğüt attended the conference “Stratonikeia, from Ancient times to Present” at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Mediterranean Research and Application Center (AKMEDAM). In his speech Söğüt said they had started the excavation works in Karia area’s inner parts in 2008.