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Alexandria's founded by AlexanderAlexandria's founded by Alexander the Great (by year BC): 334 Alexandria in Troia (Turkey) - 333 Alexandria at Issus/Alexandrette (Iskenderun, Turkey) - 332 Alexandria of Caria/by the Latmos (Alinda, Turkey) - 331 Alexandria Mygdoniae - 331 Alexandria (Egypt) - 330 Alexandria Ariana (Herat, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria of the Prophthasia/in Dragiana/Phrada (Farah, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in Arachosia (Kandahar, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria of the Paropanisades (Ghazni, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria Eschate or Ultima (Khodjend, Tajikistan) - 329 Alexandria on the Oxus (Termez, Afghanistan) - 328 Alexandria in Margiana (Merv, Turkmenistan) - 326 Alexandria Nicaea (on the Hydaspes, India) - 326 Alexandria Bucephala (on the Hydaspes, India) - 325 Alexandria Sogdia - 325 Alexandria Oreitide - 325 Alexandria in Opiene / Alexandria on the Indus (confluence of Indus Acesines, India) - 325 Alexandria Rambacia (Bela, Pakistan) - 325 Alexandria Xylinepolis (Patala, India) - 325 Alexandria in Carminia (Gulashkird, Iran) - 324 Alexandria-on-the-Tigris/Antiochia-in-Susiana/Charax (Spasinou Charax on the Tigris, Iraq) - ?Alexandria of Carmahle? (Kahnu)
Monday, November 22, 2021 The Tumulus at Amphipolis, monument for Hephaistion?

A lot has beenwritten about the Kasta Hill Tumulus at Amphipolis and much of the theoriesand absurdities have made it to my blog.

It all startedin 2012, see: Hasthe tomb of Roxane and young Alexander been located? After much nonsenseabout Alexander being buried at Amphipolis(see: Nonsenseabout Alexanders grave in Amphipolis) in 2014, the hype exploded in 2014when everyone expressed its own opinions with more or less conviction (see: Amphipolis/KastaHill here we go again!).

The firstserious study about Hephaistionspresence occurred in 2019 (see: The site of Kasta Hill and the Tomb of Amphipolis). It was not until today that I got hold of this excellentreport by Professor Emeritus Dimitrios Dendrinos shared by Academia.edu.

On theTumulus at Amphipolis

A paper by:

DIMITRIOS S. DENDRINOS, Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., MArchUD, Dipl. Arch Eng.

10/27/15; 1st update 11/1/15; 2nd update 12/24/15; 3rd update1/10/16

Summary.

This paper is a sequel tofour prior papers by the author on the subject of the Great Tumulus atAmphipolis. It incorporatessome new evidence, as presented by the archeological teamresponsible for theexcavation at Kasta Hill (near the old City of Amphipolis,in Macedonia,Greece) on September 30, 2015 [1]. Some General as well as certain Specific (but nonethelessall major) points, areoutlined in this paper. They all confirm the authors prior views onsomekey issues involved in boththe architecture and historiography of Kasta Tumulus. However, thispaper also serves to amendcertain points made in the prior works by this author. It also addsconsiderably to the evidencelinking a local version of the Bull Cult, covering a broader Regionincluding Samothrace,to the monument at Kasta.

General points: (i) it is now almost certain that the major constructionphase of the Tumulus at

Kasta commenced immediatelyfollowing Hephaestions death in November 324 BC. It is almostcertain that it was at thatpoint in time intended as a burial place and monument forHephaestion. Very likely, itwas designed in the form of a Serapium Temple and in the overallreligious tradition of aBull Cult. In Appendix A it is suggested that a prior structure was there,as a Temple to Artemis Tavropolos. (ii)Deinokratis was very likely the Architect of theHephaestion monument andtomb. Most likely his presence and tenure at Kasta lasted onlyabout a couple of years.(iii) These conclusions are consistent to an extent with thearcheological teams views,expressed on August 10, 2014 and thereafter. They are also partlyconsistent with ProfessorMavrojannis Hephaestion Hypothesis first presented on September10, 2014. In AppendixB correspondence withProfessor Mavrojannis is shown, which fullyjustifies this authorscharacterization of the Hephaestion Hypothesis. In combination, thesethree (the two Peristeriplus the Mavrojannis) hypotheses fully confirm the propositions lastpresented by the author inhis paper On Certain Key Architectural Elements of Kasta TumulusUpdate #4 (as well as itsFinal Version). Additional evidence presented here further strengthensthe conclusions of thatpaper.

Specific points: (i) Contrary to the claims by the archeological team, theperimeter of KastaTumulus is a circle, not anellipse; (ii) The Lion of Amphipolis was never installed and was notintended for the top of theHill; (iii) The perimeter wall is in no way possible three meters tall;(iv) The proposition that the monument was accessiblewith a staircase is inconsistent with aan exposed perimeter wall.These four items are elaborated in Part 1 of this paper. (v) Thefinding by this author thatthe tombs modulus (1.36m) in its ratio to the length of thecircumferential wall (497m),a wall which was meant to be a calendar, produces an astonishingastronomical approximationto the exact numbers of day in a year (365.44) now has a possiblecandidate as being behindit: the mathematician-astronomer and Aristotle co-worker, Callippus;

This aspect of Kasta iselaborated in Part 2. (vi) Amphipolis and Kasta are linked to theSanctuary in Samothrace by a Bull Cult depicted both in the Sanctuarys site plan atits earlyphase of construction, andthe inside of Arcinoes Templethere; this issue is addressed in Part3. (vii) The archeological teams new evidence, presented on 9/30/2015 as it relates toHephaestion is extensivelydiscussed and critically analyzed in Part 4. (viii) There is a possibilitythe Hephaestion tomb andmonument was built in a space used prior to that as a Temple toArtemis Tavropolos; thisissue (along with geologist Kabouroglou evaluation of the tombsdimensions) is discussed in AppendixA.

Some analysis of Kastas internaldimensions is presented in Note 1, where references also tocertain basic ratios foundto govern key elements of the Parthenon, and the Temple ofEpicurius Apollo at Bessaeare made. The topic of dimensions in Monumental Architecture iselaborated throughout thepaper, and some analysis of HalicarnassusMausoleum is suppliedalong these lines. Note2, plus AppendixC do address these issuesalso.

A number of key conclusions(as presented by the author in a string of four papers, publishedfrom October 2014 till July2015, and their corresponding revisions) stand, although a fewminor ones are amended here.One of them concerns the Kasta tomb orientation at the time itwas constructed: newevidence confirms that it was built quite close to a North-South axis.

Far too much hasbe speculated about the occupant of the Tomb at Kasta Hill, but as developedabove, it is very plausible that Alexanderplanned Hephaistions Tomb in Amphipolis.It will take years to have a final answer which for now, is very satisfactory.

No comments: Thursday, November 18, 2021 Herakleia-by-Latmos

Herakleia-by-Latmos is one of those odd places tovisit. The remains of the ancient city are squeezed between the Latmos Mountainsand the edge of Lake Bafa. However, you haveto find them!

Todays village of Kapıkırıholds not many promises of interesting ruins as its houses are built on top ofthe ancient remains. It takes a more careful eye to spot abandoned walls,towers, column drums rooted into a tree, and other heart-shaped drums among themodern constructions.

To start with, the place is off the beaten pathand hard to find. That was not always the case because, in antiquity, Herakleia had fullaccess to the sea deep inside a vast gulf. Over the centuries, this gulf hasmainly been silted up with the alluvia carried along by the Meander River. By the endof the 3rd century AD, access from the sea was cut off, and all that remainedwas Lake Bafa.

When Alexander the Great besieged Miletus, heand his army arriving from Prienehad to march along the shores of this wide Latmian Gulf.Nowadays, looking south from Prienetowards Miletus, wellnotice a perfectly flat plain that was once was at the bottom of the sea.

It is generally admitted that Herakleia wasfounded by Pleistarchus,son of Antipater (see:Antipater and Alexander), in the early 3rd century BC. He ruled overlarge parts of Caria and made Herakleia his capital,initially named after him, Pleistarcheia.

Pleistarcheia/Herakleia prospered in Hellenistic times asgoods arriving there by sea from the west were forwarded further by road intothe Carian hinterland. An extensive network of roads, probably conceived byPleistarchusexiting thecity, has been discovered. It is not easy to piece the remaining sectionstogether because, over the centuries, its stones have been reused elsewhere. As the pavement shows no ruts from carts and is occasionallyinterrupted by stairs, these roads were only used by pedestrians, horses, andbeasts of burden. They connected, however, with important thoroughfares in thevalley of the Meander.

Archaeologists eventually bring the scatteredremains to life by recognizing the constructions from antiquity. The open spaceof the Agora is easiest to spot by the modern visitor as it functions as aparking lot. The marketplace measured an impressive 60x110m and was surroundedby marble colonnades in Doric style. This was the center for commerce and tradeof cattle, agricultural products, and honey in particular.

Overlooking the Agora are the walls of a templebuilt in the Doric order with two, now missing, columns at the entrance. It wasmost probably dedicated to Athena. Inscriptions on the outside walls of thetemple reveal that it served as an archive to the city. They also give usessential information about the history of Herakleia and Asia Minor in the early 2nd century BC. In those days,the ambition of the Seleucid king Antioch IIIwas to rule over all of Asia Minor. However,the Romans defeated him at the Battleof Magnesia ad Sipylumin 190 BC. The blocks with these inscriptions are scattered on the north sideof the temple. From the south side, another inscription was recovered that isbeing kept at the Louvre. This is a letter by Lucius Cornelius Scipio, Consul of Rome, and Publius Scipio, his brother,addressed to the Boulé and the people of Herakleia.

Also dating from the 2nd century BC are theBouleuterion, the theater, and the Gymnasium. There are, of course, many otherremains from temples and houses that need further investigation. From laterdates are the Roman Baths, a Nymphaeum, as well as remains of the city walls.The ramparts are among the best-preserved of their time, extending for morethan 6 kmand counting over 40 towers. At places, they stand to a height of 6 meters.

Herakleias necropolis is located at the farsouth of the city, as always outside the walls. A large, not yet excavatedtumulus is believed to belong toPleistarchus.Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of rock-cut graves do not immediately catch theeye as they appear as mere rectangular openings in the rock wall.

Theconclusion is that there is far more to explore and to discover than what onewould expect at first sight! Ill gladly refer to the wonderful book, althoughwritten in German Herakleiain Latmos by A. Peschlow-Bindokatasmentioned in my bibliography.

No comments: Sunday, November 14, 2021 Antipater and Alexander

Antipater first emerges from history at the side of Philip, when he became King of Macedoniaafter his brother Perdiccas diedfighting Illyrians.

From what could be established, Antipater was a Macedonian nobleman, borncirca 399 BC. In his younger years, he must have accompanied King Philip(see: Macedonia Forged by Philip) during his campaigns toimpose and improve the power of Macedonia.We actively see him from 346 BC onwards, aged 57.

When Philipput an end to the successive Sacred Wars in 346 BC (see:Philipscampaigns east and the Fourth Sacred War Macedonia forged by Philip II - 11), a delegationfrom Athens arrived in Pellain order to negotiate the peace terms. After the usual diplomacy, they reachedan agreement.Philip, however,didnt trust the Athenians and sent Antipater,Parmenion, and Eurylochusto Athens to repeat his terms ofpeace. This is where Antipateris mentioned by Arrian for thevery first time.

During the Battle of Chaironeain 338 BC, when Alexandercommanded the left flank with his cavalry, facing the Sacred Band, he wasprobably assisted by both generalsParmenionand Antipater. To seal the ensuing Common Peace, i.e., the Leagueof Corinth (see: High stakes at Corinth), with the Athenians, Philip sent an official embassy led bynobody less than Alexander inthe company of Antipater and Alcimachus.They carried the ashes of those Athenians that had fallen during the battle.

The above clearly shows how much Philip trusted Antipater. It is known that the kingformed a clique withParmenion, Antipater,and Attalus, who also were bound together by severalintermarriages.

Little is known about Antipatersprivate life except that he produced an impressive number of children. Hisrecorded sons were Iollas, Cassander,Pleistarchus, Philip, Nicanor, Alexarchus, and Triparadeisus. His daughters Phila, Eurydice, and Nicaeaall married generals in Alexandersarmy.

After Philipsassassination in 336 BC, AntipaterandParmenion, still devoted totheir king, supported Alexanderto be elected as his heir. However, the neighboring Thracians and the Greekstates in the south had their own doubts about accepting the rule of this youngking and revolted. Alexanderwas left with no choice but to confirm his kingship from the onset and attackedthe troublemakers both north and south.

As soon as he had established Macedonian control, heturned his attention to his Asian campaign and left Pellain 334 BC. He made sure to leave half of his troops in the capable hands of hisregent Antipater, who becameHegemon. Besides this heavy responsibility, which included handling thefinances of the military and the navy, he also was headmaster of the School of Pages.

On top of his own army, Antipater had the power to summon the militia of the Greekcity-states. He must have managed the situation with excellence because hegathered a large number of infantry and cavalry, despite Alexanders constant demand forreinforcements. Antipaterstroops were needed when he had to faceSpartas revolt in the Peloponnese.

The first group of reinforcements is already mentioned in332 BC while Alexander was in Memphis,and some 500 mercenaries and 500 Thracian cavalry joined his lines. From Arrian, we know that Alexander sent the funds needed to enlistor hire such recruits. When the king was in Susa, he sent a certain Menes back to become the new governor of Syria, Phoenician, and Cilicia.Menes received 3,000 talents insilver with instructions to transfer as much money as Antipater needed to cover his expenses ofwar against Sparta. Thegeneral made good use of it because he came out victorious from the decisivebattle at Megalopolis,just north of Sparta.

Antipater was, unfortunately, seriously criticized by Olympias, who liked to interfere in allmatters. After several years, it must have become challenging for Alexander to make sense from eitherversion of the facts. A mothers love is very powerful, and the image of theonce-trusted commander was eventually blemished. Even if Alexander had wanted to dismiss Antipater, he had nobody to replace him not until a year before his death. Alexanderdecided to send Craterus to replace Antipater as the new regent in Macedonia. The regent-to-be wassent back home at the head of those veterans no longer fit for service.

Alexander called (or summoned) Antipaterto come to Babylon, butthe old general ignored the order and sent his son Cassander instead. That is a bizarre decision because Cassander was not his favorite. Whether Cassander forced his father to accept tolet him go or if it was by mutual agreement in case of the poison complot istrue, well never know. We will remember that Antipaters son, Iollas was Alexanders cupbearer at that time.

Alexander left no heir or successor when he died in 323 BC. As aresult, each of his generalsclaimed a part of this empire. As a matter of fact, Antipater took control of Macedonia. This, however, did notmean peace as Antipater gotinvolved in the Lamian War. The Aetolians, a tribe to the south of Thessaly, decided to help the Athenian general Leosthenes defeat Antipater. Leosthenes managed to corner Antipater, but luckily Crateruscame to the old general aid, and the Siege of Lamia was thus broken. The war itself ended a yearlater, in 322 BC, during the Battle of Crannon, when Leosthenes was killed.

Antipater died in 319 BC at the blessed age of eighty. Upon hisdeathbed, he left his realm to Polyperchonandnot to Cassander. The arrogantCassanderdeeply resented this, and Macedonia was the scene of bitterfights between Polyperchon andCassanderfor the next decade. But thatis another story altogether.

It is quite astonishing to note how much Antipater accomplished in his lateryears. From the time of the Sacred Wars that ended in 346 BC until hisdeath in 319 BC, he lived through some twenty-five turbulent years. In ourmodern world, this is the time for retirement. Amazing!

No comments: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 The sanctuary of Astarte in Motya

The island of Motya(modern Mozia) off thewest coast of Sicilyholds several remarkable places of interest: the Villa Withaker with itsmuseum, the Phoenician or Punic cemetery, and the sanctuary of Khoton dedicated to the goddess Astarte.

Joseph Whitaker was an intellectual entrepreneur from Palermowho excavated the island in the first two decades of the 20th century. Heorganized his rich collection of ceramics, glass, coins, vases, jewelry,terracotta artefacts, and mosaics in separate rooms of his estate. This displayshows how a private collector could present his precious finds to his friendsand guests. At the same time, it is a unique view of archaeology on Motya that yielded so many Punicartifacts.


The museum's pride is the white marble statue of a charioteer that wasfound buried in a shallow grave on the road to the sanctuary (see: Amazing charioteers).Remarkably, this statue was made almost simultaneously as the bronze charioteerof Delphi,whose body was more static and elongated, probably to fit better inside hischariot.

When visiting the Tophet, the Punic cemetery at the northern end of theisland, one can only be impressed by the many child graves. The remains wereeither put inside a terracotta urn or buried in a rectangular box whose lidsare generally lost. A very moving confrontation! The nearby necropolis was usedfrom the end of the 8th century until the end of the 6th century BC.

At the seaside, one recognizes the two gate towers from the 5th centuryBC. Here, we have to imagine the now inundated road that is connected to themainland. By low tide, carts with larger wheels could cross the isthmus, givingthe impression to walk on water. It has been dated to the 6th-5th century BC.

At the other end of the island, the artificial basin of Khoton hasbeen exposed, actually a sacred area that goes back to the 8th century BC. Itis here that a large temple facing the water was discovered. Inside thistemple, there were initially two upright steles and an obelisk. Viewing thenight sky at the winter equinox, the stones framed the constellation of Orion,which corresponds to the Phoenician god Baal. During the spring equinox, thetemple's portal framed the same divinity, together with Venus, the PhoenicianAstarte. Terracotta remains of a female statue were unearthed inside thetemple. They belonged to the goddess Astarte, establishing that the temple wasdedicated to her.

Also known as Anahita, Innana, or Ishtar, Astarte embodies the qualitiesof water, especially the fertilizing flow of water (see: The powerful goddess Anahita in Persia).The pool in front of her temple clearly refers to these qualities. She is alsolinked to the night sky, fertility, fecundity, and war. Besides Babylon,her main centers of worship in and around the Mediterranean were Sidon, Tyre,and Byblos,as well as Malta and Sardinia. As mentioned in my post about Anahita in Persia, weshould remember that Alexander musthave been well-aware of the role Anahita played in the realm of the Persiangods. Like so many other Greeks of his days, he may have assimilated her withAphrodite.

During the latest excavation campaign, a beautiful head of the goddessAstarte was found. It was made of terracotta covered with a shiny layer ofwhite on her face, red for her curly hair, and gold for her divine diadem. Itcould be dated to between 520 and 480 BC. The head was discovered inside around votive pit and a relief rosette that shows traces of gilding. The rosetteis one of the most widespread and popular symbols in the eastern Mediterranean and further inland, confirming thePhoenician goddess's presence. Also, the mold of a dolphin with a large naiveeye was discovered.


The face of Astarte represents an astral goddess (based on the rosette)and a marine goddess (based on the dolphin). She is the Lady of life, goddessof fertility, love, and the sea and navigation, of fresh and sea water. Theterracotta is Greek, although made in Sicilyas was customarily done by the Phoenicians of Motya.

Recent archaeological investigations have shed new light on Motya as the oldest city of Sicily. This sacred areaof the Kothon is setaround a rectangular pool 52.5 m long. It was bordered by a circular temenosmeasuring 118 m in diameter, encircling three larger temples. The Kothon was dedicated to Baal, themain Phoenician god, lord of the sea, god of the storm and fertility, and tohis companion, the goddess Astarte who had her own little temple there.Eventually, the mighty Astarte/Aphrodite of Motya survived as she merged with the goddesses of thepeoples who already lived here.

Once again, it makes me wonder how much Alexander knew about these western territories and theirbeliefs. The fact is that we may never find the answer.


[Except for the first two pictures, the next ones come from The Archaeology News Network]

No comments: Saturday, November 6, 2021 Analysis of the burial sites of Himera

In 2019, sevenmass graves were discovered inHimera, exposing thousands of skeletons ofsoldiers who fought in the citys fierce battles of 480 and 409 BC against theCarthaginians (see:The Battle of Himera, a major confrontation). Their bodies had beenneatly arranged with great respect in an orderly fashion. Another thirty burialsites were reserved for the horses, which the experts related to the severeclash of 480 BC (see:MassGraves discovered in Himera).

Thanks to moderngeochemical evidence, specialists were able to analyze the tooth enamel of 62soldiers who fought in both battles. The tooths chemistry varies based on theregion of origin of the men. In the battle of 480 BC, it turned out that onlyone-third ofHimerassoldiers were locals. In the confrontation of 409 BC, three-quarters of themwere locals. This confirms Diodorusaccount that the Himerans received more outside help in their firstbattle than in the second.

However, itappears that this account is incomplete because the present geochemicalanalysis reveals that the outside help was not Greek but came instead frommercenaries hired for the occasion from territories outside the Greekrealm.


This discoverysheds new light on history, as told by Diodorus and Herodotus. They apparently ignored the role offoreign mercenaries inHimerato portray a more appealing true Greek intervention. We should remember thatGreeks generally considered it distasteful to hire foreign mercenaries, whichmay be a good reason for our historians to bend their story to accommodatetheir pride. Building the Temple of Victory on the verylocation of the battlefield truly confirms that sense of pride.

Another argumentfor taking this decision may be the attempt to align the victory atHimerawith otherGreek victories across the Mediterranean. Ittranspires that from 480 BC onward, foreign mercenaries have influenced theancient population in the western Mediterranean.Food for thoughts!

No comments: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 An ancient remedy and superfood, sea buckthorn

Ancient sourcestell us that Alexander theGreat had a thorough knowledge about medicine and ways to treat thewounds and ailments of his troops (see: Alexander caring for the wounded and the dead).

It is great tolearn that one such remedy was the sea buckthorn, specifically the orangeberries this shrub produces. It is commonly present in cold-temperate regionsof Europe and Asia, from the coastal areas of the Netherlandsand the Baltic Sea to Afghanistan,India, the Himalayan region,and northern China.In antiquity, it even grew in Greece.

The prettyorange berries are full of vitamins and antioxidants, qualities that wereunknown to Alexander,although he could take advantage of them. Besides, these fruits contained fattyacids, which helped hair and nails to grow and were beneficial for the eyes. Ithas been reported that after eating these berries, the king's horses had shinier hair,gained in strength, and recovered more quickly from injuries and illnesses. Alexander most probably added these berries to his own diet and to that of histroops, making them stronger and more vigorous.

The Latin namefor the sea buckthorn berries, Hippophae,may well be based on Alexandersexperiences with the horses as the particles hippos and phaos literally mean shining horse. This refers tothe radiant effect of the berries on his horses fur.

Alexandermust havelearned about these berries from Aristotlesince Theophrastus,one of his pupils, developed the healing properties of sea buckthorn in his writings. Theinterests of Theophrastus were, ofcourse, not limited to these berries and extended to biology, physics, ethics,and even metaphysics (see: Theophrastus, philosopher and botanist).

Today, as thesea buckthorn is made available as tea and juice or oil, we know that it evenboosts the immune system and increases our concentration. A sound immunesystem, in particular, must have played an essential role in keeping Alexanders troops inexcellent shape.

No comments: Friday, October 29, 2021 The magical site of Aizanoi

Aizanoi, regretfully, doesnt makeheadline news - yet. Several years ago, I watched a program on TRT TV thatshowed many imposing monuments from Roman times at this site which wasotherwise unknown to me. After that, I didnt hear anything about further excavationsor remarkable finds until today, that is. The massive entrance to the Temple of Zeushas been re-erected, which rightfully makes it one of the best-preservedtemples in Anatolia.

As always, I like to put things in context. Looking at the map, Aizanoi lies roughly 200 km south of Bursa, in the heart of ancient Phrygia.The city occupies both sides of the Kocaçay River (Penkalas). Thefirst settlements have been dated back to 3000 BC, but what we see today areroughly the remains of the Roman city from the 2nd century BC.

The Temple of Zeus indeed commandedthe view, as it still does today, standing on its podium on top of a low hill. Itmeasured 33x37 meters, counted 15 x 8 columns and was commissioned by Emperor Hadrian. Thanks to aninscription on the architrave, the temple could be dated to the second quarterof the 2nd century BC. The inscription also mentions M.Apuleius as a benefactor ofthe city.

The base of the podium of this temple is covered with vaults anunusual and unique occurrence in Roman Anatolia. Archaeologists concluded thatthis was a double temple, with the one dedicated to Zeus beckoning us, and avaulted underground space where the cult of Cybele was practiced. This goddesswas worshipped under the name Metre Steunene in Aizanoi. However, more recent in-depth research hasrevealed that this temple could not be devoted to both Zeus and Cybele. Consequently,the underground space is thought to be a prophecy center or a mere storageroom. Whatever its purpose, it is an odd construction.

Opposite the temple are the remains of a small Bouleuterion, but itshistory remains unknown. The same problem applies to the Heroon and the Agoraand surrounding Stoa because the remains were either reused on other structuresor disappeared under the modern houses.

Aizanoi counts remains of many monuments, among which a rare combinedtheater-stadium complex, linked together by a large stage building. Itsconstruction was started shortly after 160 AD and was completed halfway throughthe 3rd century AD. Several inscriptions have been found in the stadium and thetheater, and they confirm that the same M. Apuleius contributed substantially to building this complex.

The excavations done between 1970 and 2011 have exposed two publicBaths, a Gymnasium, a Macellum, five bridges, an ancient dam, a colonnadedstreet, and a large necropolis.

One of the Baths sat between the theatre-stadium complex and the Temple of Zeus and included a Palaestra orGymnasion. With its recognizable frigidarium and caldarium, the Bath has been dated tothe end of the 2nd century AD. In the largest side room, a marble statue ofHygeia was found. Also, the water and heating pipes are still insitu. Despite its richmarble décor, it has been recognized as a precursor of the Turkish-style Bath. The Palaestra hasbeen located at the northeast end of the Baths.

The second Turkish-style Bathbuilt a century later was found northeast of the city center. Here a beautifulmosaic floor representing a satyr and a maenad has been exposed.


[Picture from Arkeonews]

The circular Macellum of Aizanoi was built simultaneously with thefirst Bath andwas used as a food market. Here, a copy of the Price Edict of Diocletian from 301 ADwas found. The edict aimed to limit the severe inflation that followed thedebasement of the coinage initiated by Emperor Nero.

During recent excavations, remains of a colonnaded street have beenuncovered over a length of 450 meters. This street had its own Stoa, which could bedated to ca. 400 AD. A pedestal carried a marble statue of a satyr dressed withpanther skin at the very end of the Stoa.

The Roman city of Aizanoi occupied both sides of the Kocaçay River and was protected against the riseof the water level by walls or dams made of large cut stones. Two of the fivebridges are still used today. They both have five arches, and one of them stillsupports modern-day traffic. In between these two examples, we can recognizethe remains of a bridge with three arches that fell in disuse. Further north, alow wooden bridge was used as a pedestrian crossing.

The main bridge displays an inscription on the pedestal of the railingand tells us it was opened in September 157 AD. An illustrating relief showsthe sea voyage undertaken by M. Apuleius as he paid for the bridges construction. It may beessential to mention that M. Apuleius represented Aizanoi in the Panhellion Union held in Athens from 153 to 157 AD. The new railing was installedin 1990.

The large necropolis of Aizanoi reflects the size of the city. It includes a widearray of tombs, including door-shaped Phrygian tombs from the 2nd century AD. Thetypical tomb doors, which often bore the name of the deceased or donor,symbolized the passage to the other world. These tombstones usually showedbulls, lions, or eagles for the men and baskets of wool or a mirror for thewomen.

In one of the tombs, archaeologists made a remarkable discovery. Theyfound a lykion, a typical jar made to contain a precious salve totreat eye dryness which frequently occurred to soldiers traversing largestretches of dry lands or deserts (see: Eye cream from antiquity).


[Picture from Daily Sabah]

More recently, they unearthed a jug containing an exceptional hoardof 651 silver coins from the days of Emperor Augustus. Remarkably, 439 coins were standard Roman silverdenarii, but 212 were cistophoruscoins typically from Pergamon. This is not surprising considering that Aizanoi was ruled by Pergamonuntil the kingdom was bequeathed to the Romansin 133 BC.

Aizanoi had started minting its first coins in the second and firstcenturies BC. During the days of the Roman Empire,the city grew wealthy thanks to the production of grain, wine, and wool. Aizanoi fell into decline in Late Antiquity.

No comments: Saturday, October 23, 2021 The missing piece in the puzzle

The story beganin 2017 when a Belgian art collector put several archaeological elements up forsale. The European art catalog offered pieces belonging to a Daunian funerarystele, which were noticed by a State Archaeology lab in Apulia, southeast Italy.

The stelepresented by the Belgian collector was missing its centerpiece. An officialfrom the restoration lab had noticed that the missing part was exhibited in themuseums collection. It represented a warrior on horseback and his shield.

[Picture from Archaeology News Network. Credit: Italian Carabinieri Art Squad]

This was indeedthe proverbial missing piece in the puzzle, which set in motion the completeinvestigation. Soon, Italian authorities recovered nearly 800 separateartifacts which the Belgian collector had gathered illegally. The piecesincluded Daunian steles, red figure vases, black glazed Apulian ceramics,amphorae and a great number of terracotta figurines. The artifacts have beendated to the period between the 6th and the 3rd centuryBC, and their value has been estimated to 11 million Euros.

Luckily, therare collection has been repatriated to Italy after all the legal appealsof the collector were dismissed. That is an excellent result, of course,although the items have all been taken out of their context and sadly wellnever know to which grave or tomb they once belonged.

No comments: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Travelling surprise in Greece

Knowing where to go and what to see is very important inany travel plan, but some surprises can turn out to be true gems.

It so happened that I could visit the recently excavated cemetery of Akanthoy, near Ierissos, North Chalkidikis. The finds date roughly from the 7th-6th century BC,i.e., before Alexander and thussomething he would have known.

According to Thucydides, the ancient city of Akanthoswas founded as a colony of Andros, or, if wefollow Plutarch, jointly by Androsand Chalkis in the middle of the 7th century BC. It sat on top of a prehistoricsettlement. The city took the side of the Persians both in 499 BC (FirstPersian War) and 480 BC (Second Persian War) and sided with the Athenians in431 BC during the Peloponnesian War. With the expansion of Macedonia under Philip and Alexander, Akanthoswas incorporated into their kingdom. In 200 BC, the city was plundered by theRomans and became a mere province.

The cemetery has been located underneath the modern cityof Ierissos. It has yielded morethan 14,000 findings confirming that the site was used all through the Romanage. The best artifacts have, of course, been moved to the Archaeological Museumof Polygyros.

One of the fascinating spots I happen to stumble upon bychance is these lovingly cared-for tombs discovered in 2014, where everythingis kept in situ. I admire thework of the archaeologists who managed to unearth these tombs from differenteras in superposed layers while leaving each one undisturbed by the excavationof the others.

Jars of all sizes and shapes (varying with time)alternate with small tombs, roofed or not. A few poignant small tombs stillcontain the cremated remains with their original grave goods on top littleearthen pots and jars that helped define the burial date. Also, skeletons ofwhat seem to be young children are surrounded by toy horses and miniaturevases. There also are many larger rectangular tombs in terracotta.

Outside, in front of an unmarked building, many largerpots have been collected, some wrapped in protective plastic. They are allwaiting to be cataloged and studied together with smaller items fillingcolorful crates. Archaeology requires a lot of patience!

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Old city names and modern match:Aegae = Vergina, GR; Aenos, GR = Enez, TK; Aleppo, Syria = Aleppo, Syria; Alexandria/Oxiana/Diodoteia/Dionysopolis/Ostobara/Eucratidia = Ai-Khanoum or Termez, Afghanistan; Alinda, Caria = Alinda, TK; Amaseia = Amasya; Amphaxitis = maritime port of Mygdonia, GR/TK; Anchialas, Cilicia = in Cilicia, TK; Ancyra = Ankara, TK; Antioch-on-the-Orontes = Antakia, TK; Antiochia-on-the-Chrysorrhoas/Antiochia of the Gerasenes/Gerasa = Jerash, Jordan; Aornos = Bar-sar ib Pir-Sar, Pakistan; Apamea = Afamia, SY; Aphrodisia, TK = Geyre, TK; Arbela, Persia = Erbil, Iraq; Arigaeum = Nawagai?, capital of Bajaur; Arisbe, TK = between Troy and Granicus, TK; Artacoana = near Heart, Afghanistan; Aspadana/Gabae = Isfahan, Iran; Aspendos, Pamphylia = Aspendos, TK; Babylon, Babylonia = Babylon, Iraq; Bactra/Zariaspa = Balkh, Afghanistan; Bazira = Bir-kot, Nepal; Beroe, BU = Stara Zagora; Bucephala = Jhelum, Pakistan; Byblos, Phoenicia = Byblos, Lebanon; Callinicus = Raqqah, SY; Carrhae = Harran, TK; Cassandra = Potidea, GR; Caunos, Caria = Dalyan, TK; Celaenae = Dinar, TK; Choarene = Khar, IR; Cius, Bithynia = Prusias on the Sea, TK; Coracesium = Alanya, TK; Crenides = Philippi, GR; Cyropolis = Kurkath, Kyrgyzstan; Cyzicus = near the Black Sea, TK; Dascylium = Dascylium, TK; Diodoteia/Dionysopolis/Ostobara/Eucratidia/Alexandria Oxiana = Ai-Khanoum or Termez, Afghanistan; Drapsaka = Kunduz/Qunduz, Afghanistan; Dyrta = near Kashmir; Ecbatana = Epiphania = Hamadan, Iran; Emesa = Homs, SY; Ephesus = Efes, TK ;Eucratidia/Alexandria Oxiana?/ Diodoteia/Dionysopolis/Ostobara = Ai-Khanoum or Termez, Afghanistan; Gabae/Aspadana = Isfahan, Iran ; Gabene = near Isfahan, Iran; Gadara = Um Qais, Jordan; Gaugamela = near Irbil, Iraq; Gerasa = Jerash, Jordan; Halicarnassus, Caria = Bodrum, TK; Harmezeia = Hormuz, Persian Gulf; Hecatompylon = Sarh-e-Qumis, IR; Heliopolis, Egypt = Iunu, Egypt; Heliopolis, SY = Baalbeck, Lebanon; Heraclea Lyncestis = Monastir, FYROM; Hierapolis, TK = Pamukkale, TK; Hissar/Hisor = Chisor, Tajikistan; Icarus = Falaika, Kuwait ; Ilium = Troy, TK; Issus = Issus, TK; Jiga Tepe = near Dilberdjin, Afghanistan; Lysimachia, GR = Gallipoli, TK; Maracanda = Samarkand, UZ; Memphis, Egypt = Inebhedj, Egypt; Mennis = close to Kirkuk, Iraq; Mieza, Macedonia = near Naoussa, GR; Miletus, Ionia = Milete, TK; Myndus, Caria = Gümüşlük, TK; Myriandrus = Myrian, TK; Nautaka, Sogdiana = Shahrisabz or Karshi, UZ; Neapolis, GR = Kavalà, GR; Nicea = perhaps Jalalpur, Pakistan; Nippur = Niffer or Noufar (SE of Babylon), Iraq; Nissibis = Nusaybin, TK; Nikomedia = Izmit, TK; Nysa = near Jalalabad, India; Oenoanda = Kemerarasi, TK; Ohind = 25 km above Attock, Pakistan; Opis = near Baghdad, Iraq; Ora, Choaspes valley = Ude-Gram, Pakistan; Oxeiana = Takht-i-Sangin , Tajikistan; Ostobara/Eucratidia/Alexandria Oxiana /Diodotei/ Dionysopolis = Ai-Khanoum or Termez, Afghanistan; Pasargadae, Persia = Pasargadae, Iran ; Pataliputra = Patna, India; Patara, Lycia = Patara, TK; Patala = perhaps Hyderabad, Pakistan; Pelion, Illyria = S of Lake Lychnitis, AL; Pelusium, Egypt = Port-Said, Egypt; Pergamon, Lydia = Bergama, TK; Perinthus = Marmaraereglisi, TK; Persepolis, Persia = Persepolis, Iran; Peucelaotis = Charsada, cap. of Gandhara, Pakistan; Pherae = Velestinon, GR; Philippopolis, Thracia = Plovdiv, BU; Phrada = Farah, Afghanistan; Pimprana= Amritsar district, India; Pitane, old Aeolis = Çandarlı, TK; Pura = Iranshahr, Iran; Resaina = Ras al-Ayn, SY; Rhagae = Rei, 5 mi SE of Tehran, Iran; Salmus, Carmania = Gulshkird, Iran; Sangala = Amritsar district near Lahore, India; Seleucia on the Euphrates = Zeugma, TK; Sestus on the Hellespont = opposite Abydos, TK; Selymbria, TK = Silivri, TK; Side, TK = Selimiye, TK; Sidon, Phoenicia = Sidon, Lebanon; Smyrna, Lydia = Izmir, TK; Surkh Kotal = Sar-i Chashma, Afghanistan; Susia = Tus near Masshad, Afghanistan; Taxila = Sirkap, Pakistan; Termita = Termez, UZ; Thapsacus = Carchemish, TK; Theangela = Alazeytin in Bodrum, TK; Thilapsum = Tell Chagar Bazar; Tillya Tepe = Shiberghan near Balkh, Afghanistan; Trapezus = Trabzon, TK; Tylus = Bahrain, UAE; Tyre, Phoenicia = Tyre, Lebanon; Uxia = between Susa and Persepolis; Xenippa = Karshi; Zadracarta = Sari, IR; Zariaspa/Bactra = Balkh, Afghanistan;ccSimple theme. Powered by Blogger.

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