Article: Archaeologist thinks he may have found ancient Mycenaean capital of Salamis island

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Dateline: ATHENS, Greece An archaeologist thinks he may have found the ancient Mycenaean capital of Salamis, the island where one of the greatest recorded battles of antiquity took place.

Archaeologist Yannos Lolos said Tuesday he found two buildings and uncovered several small hamlets scattered around the ancient acropolis of old Salamis, now known as Kanakia. The ancient town is on the southwestern part of the island, located in the Saronic Gulf off the coast of Athens.

Lolos, assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Ioannina in northern Greece, has been digging at the Kanakia site since 2000, and said it will take more time to find out who ruled the ...

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