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The Ancient Ghost City of Ani
The Atlantic ^
| January 24, 2014
| Alan Taylor
Posted on 01/27/2014 7:04:49 AM PST by C19fan
Situated on the eastern border of Turkey, across the Akhurian River from Armenia, lies the empty, crumbling site of the once-great metropolis of Ani, known as "the city of a thousand and one churches." Founded more than 1,600 years ago, Ani was situated on several trade routes, and grew to become a walled city of more than 100,000 residents by the 11th century.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: abbasidcaliphate; akhurianriver; ancient; ani; armenia; bagratidkingdom; city; ghazarparpetsi; ghost; godsgravesglyph; godsgravesglyphs; turkey
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:04:49 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Fascinating....thank you.
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:24:47 AM PST
by
Dudoight
To: C19fan
Interesting pictures. Tough region, politically and geologically.
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:26:28 AM PST
by
Tugo
To: C19fan
Great pictures at the linked site. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:34:33 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: C19fan; SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:35:26 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: C19fan
Awesome.
Stupendous
Amazing and Beautiful.
I could easily live in a few of those places.
Added to my list of destinations to visit.
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:35:34 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: C19fan
Wow...talk about a terrain bare of trees.
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:42:52 AM PST
by
ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: C19fan
WOW!
Thanks for posting!
Bogie
To: C19fan
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:46:13 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: C19fan
Interesting. When I was a visiting professor in Turkey, I took a guided tour of the country during a school holiday. I'm now disappointed that the tour agency never included this site on the tour.
To: C19fan
” `My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
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posted on
01/27/2014 9:54:25 AM PST
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: JoeFromSidney
Until recently that area was a no go zone especially during the Cold War as it site right on the border with Armenia which was part of the former Soviet Union.
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posted on
01/27/2014 10:59:30 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Besides this, Turkey has wonderful New Testament Biblical ruins: Ephesus, The 7 cities of Revelation 2-3, Galatia, Colossae (unexcavated), Antioch, Miletus (Acts 17), Derbe, Lystra, and more.
To: Red_Devil 232; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Red_Devil 232. I think there was a topic about this a few months ago, but pinging this one just in case. :')
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posted on
01/27/2014 7:33:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: C19fan
More evidence of Islamic vandalism.
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posted on
01/28/2014 7:19:47 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for pinging...what a visual tour!
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posted on
01/28/2014 7:20:15 AM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: C19fan; SunkenCiv
Outstanding defensive location for a city. Unfortunately, Ani was in a very rough neighborhood visited by Byzantines, Turks, Mongols and Persians.
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