History unearthed in Pompeipolis ancient city

History continues to be unearthed through excavations of the ancient city of Pompeipolis, located in the western Black Sea city of Kastamonu.

Last year the excavations uncovered the Temple of Augustus, a Turkish bath, a drainage system and the ruins of a villa from the late Roman period. During the third-term excavations, which started a month ago, archeologists have unearthed a mosaic and an iron furnace from the Roman period, as well as a marketplace.

Professor Latife Summerer, the head of the excavations and a lecturer at Munich University, said a team of 39 people was working on the excavations and they had made their findings in a very short time. She added they had found more artifacts that they had expected during the three-year excavations.