The ancient city of Syedra near Alanya, Turkey. Credit: Tero Maaniemi / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an approximately 1,800-year-old stadium in the ancient Greek city of Syedra (Greek: Σύεδρα), located in Antalya’s Alanya district in southern Turkey. Stadium uncovered in the southern sectionExcavation director Ertuğ Ergürer stated this season’s work focused on the southern section of the site. “Finally, we uncovered a stadium about 200 meters long and 16 meters wide.”Inscriptions found in Syedra reference wrestling and boxing. City with a layered historySyedra preserves traces of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Anatolian Seljuk civilizations.