Turkish archaeologists in northwestern Turkey unearthed a 2,200-year-old lion statue of the Hellenistic period in the ancient city of Assos, head of the excavation team said. Nurettin Arslan, a professor who also heads the archeology department at Onsekiz Mart University in Canakkale, said that the excavations in Assos, one of the most important port cities of antique age, started with a team of 25 people in July, adding that the ...