
1,100-Year-Old Glass Perfume Bottles Unearthed off the Coast of Kaş
Underwater excavations off the coast of Kaş, in Türkiye’s Antalya province, have revealed 1,000–1,100-year-old glass perfume bottles from the wreck of an Eastern Mediterranean merchant ship. The find is considered one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the import of fragrances from the East to Europe during the Middle Ages. Assoc. Prof. Hakan Öniz,