Archaeologists this week discovered women’s jewelry, believed to be 2,500-year-old, during ongoing excavations in Milas, just an hour from Didim.

According to Anadolu News Agency, Milas Archaeology Museum Directorate teams came across a historical tomb, which was said to contain bones belonging to a woman.

During the excavation, the teams found two gold earrings, decorated with depictions of a human face, and one gold ring.

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The jewelry found during the excavation was brought to the Archaeological Museum of Milas after the cleaning process was completed.

Milas, similar to many other regions in western Turkey, is an ancient city dating back to thousands of years.

The city’s earliest historical mention is at the beginning of the 7th century B.C., when a Carian leader from Mylasa by name Arselis is recorded to have helped Gyges of Lydia in his contest for the Lydian throne.

Two rings with faces discovered in the Milas region. AA image

Milas districthas 27 remarkable archaeological sites. The city was the first capital of ancient Caria and of the Anatolian beylik of Menteşe prior to the Ottoman Empire.