Huge archaeology breakthrough as 2,600-year-old temple discovered on beautiful island

Archaeologists conducting excavations on the island of Sicily have uncovered a 2,600-year-old temple (Image: Archaeological Park of Selinunte) Selinunte, the ancient city in the Greek-speaking areas of southern Italy known as Magna Graecia, was home to 30,000 inhabitants and covered an area of 670 acres at its peak, before 409 BC. The southern quadrants of the city, towards the sea , served as the religious centre housing various temples and the Acropolis. The city was founded in the seventh century BC, making it at least 2,600 years old.

It was once one of the most prosperous and advanced centres of the Greek world in Sicily , according to Arkeonews . However, in 250 BC, during the First Punic War, the city was abandoned and its defences dismantled. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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