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Mount Nemrut, Turkey Located in the city of Adiyaman is a mountain 2,150 meters high. (Samet / Adobe Stock) — 03 Jun 2022

Mount Nemrut, Apex Of The Kingdom Of Commagene

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Crowned by Mount Nemrut, the territory of the Kingdom of Commagene, landlocked by Syria on the south, Cilicia on the west, Cappadocia on the north-west, Sophene on the north-east and Osroene on the east, was not very large in circumference, and it...
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Mount Nemrut, Turkey Located in the city of Adiyaman is a mountain 2,150 meters high. (Samet / Adobe Stock) — 03 Jun 2022

Mount Nemrut, Apex Of The Kingdom Of Commagene

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Crowned by Mount Nemrut, the territory of the Kingdom of Commagene, landlocked by Syria on the south, Cilicia on the west, Cappadocia on the north-west, Sophene on the north-east and Osroene on the east, was not very large in circumference, and it...
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs — 27 May 2022

Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but...
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs — 27 May 2022

Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but...
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From Urfa To Edessa To Şanlıurfa: Spanning 10,000 Years Of History — 29 Apr 2022

From Urfa To Edessa To Şanlıurfa: Spanning 10,000 Years Of History

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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During the Hellenistic Period from 312 BC to 63 BC, the Seleucid Empire was a major superpower and at its apex encompassed Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, (now modern Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkmenistan) yet one would...
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From Urfa To Edessa To Şanlıurfa: Spanning 10,000 Years Of History — 29 Apr 2022

From Urfa To Edessa To Şanlıurfa: Spanning 10,000 Years Of History

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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During the Hellenistic Period from 312 BC to 63 BC, the Seleucid Empire was a major superpower and at its apex encompassed Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, (now modern Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkmenistan) yet one would...
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The Royal Bloodline Of The Hittite Empire — 22 Apr 2022

The Royal Bloodline Of The Hittite Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Tainted by regicide, usurped, regained, inspired by gods and goddesses and even cursed, the royal bloodline of the Bronze Age Hittites flowed through the plains of Anatolia, as the kings expanded and contracted the borders of their mighty empire....
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The Royal Bloodline Of The Hittite Empire — 22 Apr 2022

The Royal Bloodline Of The Hittite Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Tainted by regicide, usurped, regained, inspired by gods and goddesses and even cursed, the royal bloodline of the Bronze Age Hittites flowed through the plains of Anatolia, as the kings expanded and contracted the borders of their mighty empire....
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Overview of the cemetery of Kerameikos, Athens (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 24 Jan 2022

Kerameikos, Restoring Athens’ Necropolis To Life

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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From the ruins and rubble rises the narrative of the history of Kerameikos, restoring life to the Athenian necropolis. The obituaries on the gravestones and stelae and the sculptures on the marble sarcophagi monuments and naϊskos reflect people...
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Overview of the cemetery of Kerameikos, Athens (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 24 Jan 2022

Kerameikos, Restoring Athens’ Necropolis To Life

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

From the ruins and rubble rises the narrative of the history of Kerameikos, restoring life to the Athenian necropolis. The obituaries on the gravestones and stelae and the sculptures on the marble sarcophagi monuments and naϊskos reflect people...
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Hierapolis, Phrygian City Of Cybele And Home Of Hades — 17 Jan 2022

Hierapolis, Phrygian City Of Cybele And Home Of Hades

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Cybele was the sole Phrygian Mother Goddess, acting as an interlocutor between the known and unknown, the living and the dead. As such, one of her chthonic cults was established at the Ploutonion or Pluto’s Gate at Hierapolis in ancient Anatolia,...
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Hierapolis, Phrygian City Of Cybele And Home Of Hades — 17 Jan 2022

Hierapolis, Phrygian City Of Cybele And Home Of Hades

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Cybele was the sole Phrygian Mother Goddess, acting as an interlocutor between the known and unknown, the living and the dead. As such, one of her chthonic cults was established at the Ploutonion or Pluto’s Gate at Hierapolis in ancient Anatolia,...
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Enchanted landscape of Fairy Chimneys forms of sandstone in the canyon near Cavusin village, Cappadocia (Andrew Mayovskyy / Adobe Stock) — 10 Jan 2022

Cappadocia, Enchanted Land of Khepat, Ancient Anatolia’s Mother Goddess

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Cappadocia in central Anatolia/Turkey presents an ancient scenery mesmerizing the mind and captivating the imagination, where Khepat, the Mother Goddess, carved a fairy tale landscape against the backdrop of Mount Erciyes, called ‘Harkasos’...
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Enchanted landscape of Fairy Chimneys forms of sandstone in the canyon near Cavusin village, Cappadocia (Andrew Mayovskyy / Adobe Stock) — 10 Jan 2022

Cappadocia, Enchanted Land of Khepat, Ancient Anatolia’s Mother Goddess

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

5

Cappadocia in central Anatolia/Turkey presents an ancient scenery mesmerizing the mind and captivating the imagination, where Khepat, the Mother Goddess, carved a fairy tale landscape against the backdrop of Mount Erciyes, called ‘Harkasos’...
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Etched against the backdrop of the blue sky, the ruins of Laodicea crown the hills of west-central Phrygia in Turkey. (Image: © Micki Pistorius) — 10 Dec 2021

Lives And Losses Of Laodicea, Crown Of Phrygia

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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In the west central part of ancient Phrygia in Anatolia, Turkey, the ruins of Laodicea crown the hill between the narrow valleys of the Asopus and Caprus rivers, converging into the Lycus river. Although the fertile plains of the Lycus river was...
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Etched against the backdrop of the blue sky, the ruins of Laodicea crown the hills of west-central Phrygia in Turkey. (Image: © Micki Pistorius) — 10 Dec 2021

Lives And Losses Of Laodicea, Crown Of Phrygia

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

In the west central part of ancient Phrygia in Anatolia, Turkey, the ruins of Laodicea crown the hill between the narrow valleys of the Asopus and Caprus rivers, converging into the Lycus river. Although the fertile plains of the Lycus river was...
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Another viewpoint of the Knossos palace at Heraklion, Crete, which is part of the extensive Knossos Palace ruins that are full of details relating to the great Minoan civilization of the Aegean Sea. ( vladimircaribb / Adobe Stock) — 05 Nov 2021

Majestic Minoan Knossos: Palace Or Funeral Parlor

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Before 1900, the general knowledge about an ancient civilization on Crete was limited to the Greek mythology of King Minos and the heroic Theseus, prince of Athens, who slayed the minotaur in the labyrinth and won the heart of the princess Ariadne,...
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Another viewpoint of the Knossos palace at Heraklion, Crete, which is part of the extensive Knossos Palace ruins that are full of details relating to the great Minoan civilization of the Aegean Sea. ( vladimircaribb / Adobe Stock) — 05 Nov 2021

Majestic Minoan Knossos: Palace Or Funeral Parlor

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

Before 1900, the general knowledge about an ancient civilization on Crete was limited to the Greek mythology of King Minos and the heroic Theseus, prince of Athens, who slayed the minotaur in the labyrinth and won the heart of the princess Ariadne,...
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Fresco of the Bull Horns and Minoan women of Priestesses (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 01 Nov 2021

Tracing The Footprints Of The Philistines To Minoan Knossos On Crete

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

The year 1185 BC heralded a diaspora of the so-called Sea Peoples to the south-western coast of the Levantine. From the west they came in ships via the Mediterranean Sea and from the north they crossed the land over what is now Syria. They were not...
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Fresco of the Bull Horns and Minoan women of Priestesses (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 01 Nov 2021

Tracing The Footprints Of The Philistines To Minoan Knossos On Crete

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

1

The year 1185 BC heralded a diaspora of the so-called Sea Peoples to the south-western coast of the Levantine. From the west they came in ships via the Mediterranean Sea and from the north they crossed the land over what is now Syria. They were not...
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