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In 2013 a team of archaeologists led by Elena Korka began to excavate a site in the area where Tenea was thought to have been, in search of the remains of the city. In 2017, they announced the discovery of a dual-chambered tomb containing fourteen graves, along with coins, gold and bronze artefacts,
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