Subtitle, "Possible evidence of lost temple of Apollo uncovered."
Found at Apollonia Pontica, terracotta plaque frieze fragment artifact shows two hoplites. Marie Lan-Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons
Posted on 01/21/2015 6:44:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A team of archaeologists are discovering new finds on a tiny island just off the Black Sea coast near Sozopol, Bulgaria -- finds that may shed additional light on the location and features of a lost temple to Apollo erected by Archaic Greeks in the late 6th century BCE.
Epigraphic sources document that a temple to Apollo was raised on an island near the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica, which is located near present-day Sozopol. But there has been no evidence to suggest where the temple was actually located -- until recently, when an archaeological team under the direction of Kristina Panayotova of the National Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, unearthed a fragment of East Greek pottery with an inscription dedication to Apollo.
The ancient temple was famous for another reason: It was here, in front of the temple, where a colossal 13-meter high bronze statue of Apollo was raised and dedicated to the Apollo letros (the Healer), the patron deity of Apollonia Pontica...
Panayotova's teams have been conducting excavations at the site since 2009, and have thus far uncovered evidence of Greek settlement here going back as far as the 7th century BCE and a late 6th-early 5th century BCE Archaic Greek temple complex which may be the lost temple of Apollo. Other finds included remains of a temple from the 4th century BCE Hellenistic period; an ancient Greek tholos; an ancient Greek copper foundry; an early Byzantine basilica and necropolis; two ritual pits from the Archaic period containing numerous artifacts; several early Christian 5th century CE graves; structures dated to the Archaic period; and many other finds.
(Excerpt) Read more at popular-archaeology.com ...
Found at Apollonia Pontica, terracotta plaque frieze fragment artifact shows two hoplites. Marie Lan-Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons
Found at Apollonia Pontica, a lot of 4 Greek silver coins. Wikimedia Commons
How come it seems we always get human remains ‘documented’ to be millions of years old but all we find in physical plant remains is thousands ?
Because you haven’t been taking your meds?
(Not breakin' y'balls SC ... just havin' some fun)
Really ... IS there a stash of coins or a winepress documented to be millions of years old ?
Ooh, I like that. That one was hard to explain, and my browser crashed before I could check it out. :’)
What the heck? Is the guy blowing on his horn while he is running the guy in front of him through with a spear? Workplace accident (i.e., don't go blowing on your horn while holding sharp objects)?
Or just a show off ('look at me impale this guy with one hand while closing my eyes and blowing on this ram's horn')?
SUE THE BASTARD !!
Work place accident; yes.
But that is not a Ram’s Horn it is a mead horn.
Drinking on the job in ancient Greece was a common problem among Hoplites.
Maybe this figure was really from an ancient OSHA building with the title 'Don't drink while walking with a Spear'...
Yes, a bronze age safety poster.
"Course some o'them older textin' m'chines prolly DID have a secret compartment (wink wink) ... too bad the rest of the relief is missin' ... I'd LOVE t'see the look on the cop's face in the next scene
"Course some o'them older textin' m'chines prolly DID have a secret compartment (wink wink) ... too bad the rest of the relief is missin' ... I'd LOVE t'see the look on the cop's face in the next scene
He was underinflating that horn!
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