Posted on 09/30/2013 6:11:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists working on Iasos on Turkey’s Aegean coast have recently discovered that the ancient city was buried under a mountain of ash caused by the explosion of Mt. Thera on Santorini 3,600 years ago.
Excavation works have also revealed a sewage system that was in place in the 4,000-year-old city and tunnels to the city’s theater...
Spanu said columns that were found one meter underground provided vital information about the history of the city. “Following the explosion of the volcano Thera, which also caused the destruction of the Minoan civilization on the islands of Crete and Santorini, the ancient city was covered with ash and remained so for a while...
(Excerpt) Read more at hurriyetdailynews.com ...
This year excavations in Iasos have revealed a sewage system that was in place in the 4,000-year-old city and tunnels to the city’s theater. DHA photo
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Posted on 08/25/2013 2:52:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3058727/posts
Good that the Islamists didn't get there first, pikers that they are.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2838596/posts?page=17#17
http://www.varchive.org/ce/baalbek/batruna.htm
http://www.varchive.org/tac/seqdyn.htm
http://www.varchive.org/dag/enkomi.htm
http://www.varchive.org/tac/revegis.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/assuruballit.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/baalbek/bethshul.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/theses.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/hammurabi.html
The parts of this much longer article that I edited out concentrated on how this site should be a great tourist attraction, if only the gubmint of Turkey would spend some money promoting it. So, in a sense, the Islamists have gotten there. :’)
was that a theater, a religious venue? or a local government council place?
all of these?
city’s theater
More importantly they had a sewer system!
Thanx
Yup, and the Mycenaeans didn’t build like this. No way are the ruins in the picture 3500-4000 years old.
My pleasure.
That is not Classical Greek architecture at all.
It was a medical facility, much like a teaching hospital.
The Aztecs set out in Trieremes to learn the best techniques for removing brains with a crochet hooked instrument and how best to saw quickly through the breast bone to remove the heart.
Sadly, they disregarded the classes about anastesia.
As a consequence, upon their return to Mexico, most patients died from these procedures.....
Yes, of course it is. The amphitheater is diagnostic of classic Greek architecture, and to some extent the Roman-era borrowing of it.
Only recently. Hmmm....The excavations in Iasos started by an Italian team in the head of Prof. Dr. Doro Levi in 1960, and continued by Dr. Fede Berti until today.
It is merely a very poorly written article. The tunnels and sewer may have been in place much earlier and covered with ash. But the newer ruins weren't.
I’m perfectly happy if the ash is A) actually volcanic in origin, instead of being the result of destruction of the town by invaders, and B) from Thera, but I’d venture to guess that this hasn’t actually been scrutinized by appropriate specialists. A classical Greek city (founded in the 6th or 5th c BC) buried by Theran ash in 200 BC would be about right. Probably not reality though.
Theater:
http://www.travbuddy.com/photos/blogs/2691073
http://www.travbuddy.com/photos/blogs/2691075
Note the use of the arch, this is classical, not Mycenaean:
http://www.travbuddy.com/photos/blogs/2691071
http://www.travbuddy.com/photos/blogs/2691074
yikes
What this tells me is a composite structure built and rebuilt by many civilizations. The earliest I see is the Mycenaean Lintel - and behind that, a Roman Barrel vault. (Greeks had many things, but they did not have the arch, the dome or barrel vault.)
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