Roman observation towers unearthed in Turkey's Konya
7/13/2018 06:00:00 PM
A hundred border monitoring towers have been discovered in the Bozdağ National Park in the Central Anatolian province of Konya’s Karatay district. The towers were built during the Roman Empire to serve as border outposts and were also used by the Byzantines.
The tower remnants have been unearthed by a team of eight people headed by Selçuk University (SU) Conservation and Restoration of Movable Cultural Heritage Department President İlker Işık.
Speaking to the Anadolu Agency, Işık said the Bozdağ National Park had been an important field with ancient sites around it.
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