Was There Once a Sea in the Heart of Ankara? A Groundbreaking Discovery - Sözcü Newspaper
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Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that a fossil of a Gastropoda (a type of snail with a belly that grew up on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago) was found during excavations at Külhöyük in Gölbaşı district of Ankara. The fossil was brought to the settlement by the inhabitants of the ancient city thousands of years ago.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the discovery of a 66-million-year-old fossil during excavations at Külhöyük in Ankara. The fossil is thought to belong to the final stages of the Tethys Ocean, which began forming approximately 250 million years ago and encompassed Central Anatolia. Minister Ersoy stated that this exciting discovery, which raises the question of "Was there a sea in Ankara?", will be investigated.
During excavations at Külhöyük in Ankara's Gölbaşı district, a Gastropoda fossil, which lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago, was discovered. This find, shedding light on the ancient geographical history of the capital, has added a new dimension to the "Ankara has no sea" debate.
During excavations at Külhöyük in Gölbaşı district of Ankara, a fossil belonging to a marine creature that lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago was discovered.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, commenting on the discovery of a Gastropoda fossil that lived 66 million years ago on the shores of the Tethys Sea at the Külhöyük excavations in Gölbaşı district of Ankara, stated, "The assessment that the fossil may have been brought to the settlement by the inhabitants of Külhöyük thousands of years ago makes the discovery even more remarkable."
During excavations at Külhöyük in Gölbaşı district of Ankara, a Gastropoda fossil, believed to have lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea approximately 66 million years ago, was discovered. Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that the fossil, found in a 5,000-year-old Hatti and Hittite settlement, may have been brought to the region by the inhabitants of Külhöyük thousands of years ago.
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