Mummified skeletons was discovered from recently discovered sarcophaguses (stone coffins) in Hisardere necropolis (cemetery), Iznik district of Turkey's Bursa province. Excavation is being carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism under the supervision of Aygun Ekin Meric, an academic at the Archeology Department of Izmir's Dokuz Eylul University. Meric said the necropolis was extensively used during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, and the count of sarcophaguses rose to ...