Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Smyrna in the historic center of Türkiye's Izmir have uncovered three rooms dating to Late Antiquity, along with previously undocumented wall paintings, according to the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.
The excavations at the agora of Smyrna are being conducted on behalf of Izmir Katip Çelebi University with permission from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The three newly identified rooms were found as archaeologists continued excavating a mosaic floor uncovered last year. Two of the rooms have mosaic floors, while the third has a marble floor, the municipality said.
Excavations around the agora and the ancient theater of Smyrna also revealed wall paintings that archaeologists had not previously encountered at the site.
Professor Akın Ersoy, a faculty member in Izmir Katip Çelebi University’s Department of Turkish-Islamic Archaeology and head of the excavation, said the newly uncovered rooms share characteristics with the Terrace Houses at the ancient city of Ephesus.
