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Roman tombs Barcelona, Spain.

3rd Century Roman sarcophagus of Sidamara at Archaeology Museum of Konya.

Sidamara was an ancient city in Asia Minor, now in the province of Konya in Turkey, on the road between Karaman and Eregli.

The sarcophagi of the type Sidamara in Roman sarcophagi were figured to architectural framework in which the figures are separated by carved columns and placed in small kiosks depicted in the background. The kiosks are crowned by pediments or strings and are often covered by a ceiling decorated a half shell.

The type spread between II and III century AD. It takes its name from the sarcophagus of Sidamara (III century AD), preserved in the Museum of Archeology in Istanbul.

The type was also adopted as part of the Christian sarcophagi. (e.g. Sarcofago di Giunio Basso at Grotte Vaticane a Roma, nel Museo del Tesoro di San Pietro)

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Tumuli on the Way to Gordium City of King Midas Near Ankara

Tumuli on the Way to Gordium City of King Midas Near Ankara, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia

Phyrgian Tile of King Midas' Palace at Ancient Gordium City Near Ankara

Phyrgian Tile of King Midas' Palace at Ancient Gordium City Near Ankara, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.

Exploring the Phrygian Tumulus of King Midas Near Ankara

Exploring the Phrygian Tumulus of King Midas Near Ankara, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.

Ancient Phyrgian Pottery at King Midas' Palace at Ancient Gordium CityNear Ankara

Ancient Phyrgian Pottery at King Midas' Palace at Ancient Gordium City Near Ankara, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.

Ankara Zeus

Ankara Zeus, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.
Zeus sculptures at Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara

Facial Reconstruction of King Midas

Reconstruction of King Midas, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.

Skull and facial reconstruction of King Midas at Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.

Hylas Kidnapped by the Nymphs, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com. Ancient Roman Mosaic at Alanya Museum of Archaeology, Turkey.

Aladdin's Castle

Mamure Castle, originally uploaded by gezgin.bloggum.com.

Saint Thecla Cave Church of Ancient Seleucia ad Calycadnum

Saint Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) and reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century A.D. She is not mentioned in the New Testament, but the earliest record of her comes from the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, probably composed in the early 2nd century.

Ancient Roman Tomb at Museum of Archaeology at Konya

Ancient Roman Tomb at Konya Museum of Archaeology

At the Ancient Xanthos City of Lycia

At the Ancient Xanthos City of Lycia, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.
Typical Lycian tomb at UNESCO World Heritage Site of Xanthos-Letoon, in Turkey.
Scanned, 35 mm. color film and Canon FTb SLR camera.

Xanthos was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, and of the river on which the city is situated. The Hittite and Luwian name of the city is given as Arinna like Lycian origin. Xanthos was a center of culture and commerce for the Lycians

Hittite Archer on a Chariot

Hittite Archer on a Chariot, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.
The oldest testimony of chariot warfare in the Ancient Near East is the Old Hittite Anitta text (18th century BC), mentioning 40 teams of horses at the siege of Salatiwara.

Ancient Anatolian Urartu Necklace

Ancient Anatolian Urartu necklace with stone beads of 2500-2900 years ago, at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara.

Hittite Libation Scene

Hittite Libation Scene, originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.
Ancient Hittite god facing right, bearded and with long, curled pig tail, wearing pointed, horned helmet, short sleeved, belted, bordered tunic and boots with upturned toes, curved sword with crescent pommel in belt, holding in right handraised behind him a boomerang(?), in left hand before him a 3-pronged object.

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