(Turkey)—Turkish Daily News reports that, in the location of ancient Ephesus, archaeologists have uncovered a tomb with 55 skeletons buried in five graves and 18 pieces of delicate 1,700-year-old golden jewelry.
Austrian Archaeological Committee President Sabine Ladstatter was quoted as saying the jewels were a big surprise, especially since Ephesus sites have been so heavily plundered over the ages. "The uncovered pieces have meticulous details so these graves surely belonged to upper-class people in Ephesus," she said.
The Ephesus excavations representative of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Dr. Soner Ateşoğulları, said the older skeletons were pagan while the subsequent ones were Christian
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The uncovered pieces of jewelry have meticulous details so these graves surely belonged to upper-class people in Ephesus.
