DISCOVERY NEWS - ARCHEOLOGY - SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
by Rossella Lorenzi
Moslem Hungary.... Ottoman Empire...the ruler sires 1000 children...or more... (Maybe YOU have some of his DNA?)
Excerpt:
Turbék started out as a shrine over Suleiman’s burial in the 1570s and thrived as a holy town until its destruction by the Habsburg army in the 1680s.
‘For Allah’ Inscription Found on Viking Era Ring
During a dig carried out in October and November, Pap and colleagues unearthed a rectangular building with wide walls built from bricks and stones.
Covered with stone tiles, the building had a large central room, about 26 by 26 feet. A robber pit in the middle of the structure suggests it was plundered in the late 17th century.
Some decorative elements remained intact and match in style the decorations in Suleiman’s mausoleum in Istanbul.
Intact, Packed Etruscan Tomb Found
“Currently everything suggests that this building could have been Suleiman’s tomb,” the researchers wrote.
