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The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has finalized its nominations for mayoral candidates across İzmir province, including both the metropolitan municipality and its districts, in preparation for the upcoming elections.

Lots of monumental structures and artifacts have been unearthed during works carried out by Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in the Torbalı district of İzmir.

The amphorae and water jugs, unearthed during this year's excavations in Metropolis, will be delivered to the museum after repair.

In a recent discovery, 150 amphorae and water jugs, approximately 1,800-year-old, have been found in a well, which was opened during the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis.

An 1,800-year-old statue of a woman was unearthed in İzmir, Turkish officials announced on June 12.

In a Twitter post, the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry's Department of Excavations said the statue was found in the ancient city of Metropolis located in İzmir's Torbalı district.

Following the last year's discovery of four interconnected cisterns, out of which two have already been unearthed in the ancient city of Metropolis in İzmir's Torbalı district, efforts will be made to unearth the rest two this year in a bid to bring them into cultural tourism.

Located between Yeniköy and Özbey neighborhoods, Metropolis is known as the "City of Mother Goddess."

A lion cub, found in a farm in Aegean province of İzmir's Torbalı district, has been put under protection at İzmir Nature Life Park. (AA Photo)

New excavations will begin on July 20 in the ancient city of Metropolis, located within the borders of the Torbalı district of the Aegean province of İzmir.

An ancient glass furnace has been unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis in the Aegean province of İzmir's Torbalı district. The finds in the furnace show that its ceramics were imported from Athens to the region. 

Archaeologists have discovered a temple which was built in honor of Zeus, the main god of the ancient Greek mythology, in the ancient city of Metropolis located İzmir province’s Torbalı district.