Dr. Owen Rees

So in terms of a single place that links so many different ways of life, so many different markets, and so many different trade cultures. It is just fascinating. And as a result, it becomes this amazing melting pot of all of this going on at the same time. So that's the kind of location we're talking about. That's the significance of this location.

So in terms of a single place that links so many different ways of life, so many different markets, and so many different trade cultures. It is just fascinating. And as a result, it becomes this amazing melting pot of all of this going on at the same time. So that's the kind of location we're talking about. That's the significance of this location.

So in terms of a single place that links so many different ways of life, so many different markets, and so many different trade cultures. It is just fascinating. And as a result, it becomes this amazing melting pot of all of this going on at the same time. So that's the kind of location we're talking about. That's the significance of this location.

And in terms of the archaeology and the history as a historian, It brings together cultures we don't read about coming together in the history books. So again, it allows us to really fill out a picture of more global history beyond just the Black Sea, beyond just Greece and Rome and things like that. So it is an amazing insight into that.

And in terms of the archaeology and the history as a historian, It brings together cultures we don't read about coming together in the history books. So again, it allows us to really fill out a picture of more global history beyond just the Black Sea, beyond just Greece and Rome and things like that. So it is an amazing insight into that.

And in terms of the archaeology and the history as a historian, It brings together cultures we don't read about coming together in the history books. So again, it allows us to really fill out a picture of more global history beyond just the Black Sea, beyond just Greece and Rome and things like that. So it is an amazing insight into that.

In terms of the size of this thing, you cannot overstate how big this place is. So we're talking, it's just wooden walls, nothing particularly fancy in its design. But the wooden walls stand about nine meters tall, so it's tall. We're talking large. In terms of height, they're surrounded by ditches. Those ditches are like five meters deep. There's a massive undertaking to create this hill fort.

In terms of the size of this thing, you cannot overstate how big this place is. So we're talking, it's just wooden walls, nothing particularly fancy in its design. But the wooden walls stand about nine meters tall, so it's tall. We're talking large. In terms of height, they're surrounded by ditches. Those ditches are like five meters deep. There's a massive undertaking to create this hill fort.

In terms of the size of this thing, you cannot overstate how big this place is. So we're talking, it's just wooden walls, nothing particularly fancy in its design. But the wooden walls stand about nine meters tall, so it's tall. We're talking large. In terms of height, they're surrounded by ditches. Those ditches are like five meters deep. There's a massive undertaking to create this hill fort.

Perimeter actually is the combination of more than one small fort that then gets connected. And the overall perimeter is about 33 kilometers long. 33 kilometers. Wow. It creates sort of like a triangle shape. It actually connects three smaller forts with one big wall. And so 33 kilometers, let's put that in context. You're like, that sounds big. How big are we talking?

Perimeter actually is the combination of more than one small fort that then gets connected. And the overall perimeter is about 33 kilometers long. 33 kilometers. Wow. It creates sort of like a triangle shape. It actually connects three smaller forts with one big wall. And so 33 kilometers, let's put that in context. You're like, that sounds big. How big are we talking?

Perimeter actually is the combination of more than one small fort that then gets connected. And the overall perimeter is about 33 kilometers long. 33 kilometers. Wow. It creates sort of like a triangle shape. It actually connects three smaller forts with one big wall. And so 33 kilometers, let's put that in context. You're like, that sounds big. How big are we talking?

The Aurelian walls of Rome that we're looking sort of third century AD, the walls that got built were in Rome are about 19 kilometers. Yeah. In terms of footprint, it's just under 5,000 hectares, which is like double the size of Imperial Rome, five times the size of Babylon. It's about the size of Manhattan Island with a little bit of wiggle room.

The Aurelian walls of Rome that we're looking sort of third century AD, the walls that got built were in Rome are about 19 kilometers. Yeah. In terms of footprint, it's just under 5,000 hectares, which is like double the size of Imperial Rome, five times the size of Babylon. It's about the size of Manhattan Island with a little bit of wiggle room.

The Aurelian walls of Rome that we're looking sort of third century AD, the walls that got built were in Rome are about 19 kilometers. Yeah. In terms of footprint, it's just under 5,000 hectares, which is like double the size of Imperial Rome, five times the size of Babylon. It's about the size of Manhattan Island with a little bit of wiggle room.

It is absolutely enormous. And this is why it's so unexpected. All right. And it's also why it's so important. And the most interesting thing for me is most of the center of it is empty. We've got all this space. And there's nothing seemingly in it. It's not like they filled it with houses. They filled it with loads of buildings. They haven't built a city as such.

It is absolutely enormous. And this is why it's so unexpected. All right. And it's also why it's so important. And the most interesting thing for me is most of the center of it is empty. We've got all this space. And there's nothing seemingly in it. It's not like they filled it with houses. They filled it with loads of buildings. They haven't built a city as such.

It is absolutely enormous. And this is why it's so unexpected. All right. And it's also why it's so important. And the most interesting thing for me is most of the center of it is empty. We've got all this space. And there's nothing seemingly in it. It's not like they filled it with houses. They filled it with loads of buildings. They haven't built a city as such.

This is why we're archaeologists are really trying to piece together like, what is this space for? And one of the theories, and it is just one theory, but I quite like it, is one reason you'd have such a large space is to home a large nomadic group with their horses and everything with it for periods. And then they move on.

This is why we're archaeologists are really trying to piece together like, what is this space for? And one of the theories, and it is just one theory, but I quite like it, is one reason you'd have such a large space is to home a large nomadic group with their horses and everything with it for periods. And then they move on.