A team of Turkish archaeologists has discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Alexandria Troas, located on the Northwestern coast of Turkey not far from the ruins of Troy, an altar believed to be 2,000 years old. Excavations in the area, which have reached 7 meters in deep, revealed an altar located in front of a temple. Alexandria Troas was founded around the 4th century BC. by Antigonus I after the death of Alexander the Great, and achieved great prosperity under the Roman Empire as a commercial port that connected Asia with Europe, reaching a population of 100,000 inhabitants, to the point that the Emperor Constantine himself thought of turning it into the new capital of the Empire before choosing Byzantium.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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