ISTANBUL, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,500-year-old gold brooch and a rare jade stone in the ancient city of Troy in Türkiye's northwestern Canakkale province, the culture ministry said on Saturday.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said that the artefacts were uncovered during ongoing excavations under the ministry's "Heritage for the Future" project. The brooch, found in the Troy II layers, also helps settle a long-running debate over the city's age, pushing its origins back to around 2500 BC.
