4th millennium BC
British man gets 15 years over smuggling artifacts
A British citizen was sentenced on June 6 by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artifacts out of the country, in a case that has attracted international attention.
The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defense attorney. He and his family have argued that Fitton, 66, had no criminal intent.
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Eight tombs from classical to Hellenistic period unearthed in the Peloponnese
The oldest one is estimated to date to the 4th century BC
Ancient symbolic graves unearthed in Uşak
Road construction work in the western province of Uşak has unearthed a 2,000 year-old necropolis (graveyard) from the Roman era.
Because there were no skeletons in any of the 33 graves in the necropolis, officials believe the local people built symbolic graves for their relatives who had lost their lives during war.
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