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"Rare, Amazing Find Unearthed In Greece

<> Deep inside the Earth they found stone foundations, cobbled streets, and pottery shards. Even though the archaeologists had seen such things before, they had never seen anything like this. In their quest to find the ruins of a Greek city named Helike, they instead found something even more ancient, rare, and exciting: an urban center that is some 4,500 years old dating from 2300 B.C. to 2600 B.C., reports The New York Times.

Located about 26 miles east of the modern port of Patras, this long-lost city has no name because no one even knew it existed. It is one of the few Early Bronze Age communities ever found on the Greek mainland, dating to pre-Homeric Troy. The archaeologists call it a "Bronze Age Pompeii."

The Times says this much is known from the archaeological dig at this prehistoric site: The town was prosperous, and the remains are undisturbed by anyone who later occupied the area. It was probably a well-organized regional center of some wealth that controlled the sea trade. It was governed by a ruler in a hierarchal society.

Some of the treasures found:
* A tall cylindrical cup that was made in the same style of the graceful depas drinking cups popular with the nobility in Troy. This suggests a much wider Trojan influence than previously known.
* Buildings made of stone walls flanked paved streets.
* Mostly intact pottery, including clay jars, cooking pots, tankards, and kraters, which are wide bowls used for mixing wine and water.
* Gold and silver clothing ornaments.

"It's not just a little farmstead," Dr. John E. Coleman, an archaeologist and professor of classics at Cornell University who has visited the ruins twice, told the Times. "It has the look of a settlement that may be planned, with buildings aligned to a system of streets, which is pretty rare for that period. And the depas cup is very important because it suggests international contacts."

Next year, the research team will conduct an extensive seismic survey the area in order to produce a map of the city walls, building foundations, and other structures.