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Latest find in Turkey's Ayasuluk Hill links Hittites to Ephesus
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| June 12, 2021
| Anadolu Agency
Posted on 07/09/2022 5:16:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette has been found in the ongoing excavations at Ayasuluk Hill in western Izmir province's Selçuk district. The statuette, which reveals a possible connection between Hittites and Mycenaean civilizations in the Ephesus region, could change the perspective on the history of civilization in Western Anatolia during the Bronze Age...
During the excavations carried out under the direction of associate professor Sinan Mimaroğlu of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Art History Department, a Mycenaean figurine with a height and width of about 5 centimeters (1.97 inches), whose head and feet could not be found, was unearthed, as well as ceramics from the Bronze Age.
Twenty-five experts in different disciplines such as art history, anthropology and genetics agreed as a result of the preliminary study that the Mycenaean statuette is strong evidence of a Bronze Age settlement on Ayasuluk Hill.
The statuette also strengthened the idea that Apasa, the capital of the Arzawa – a kingdom affiliated with the Hittites – was founded in the Seljuk and Ephesus regions, and that there was an interaction between the Hittites and Mycenaean civilizations in many areas such as trade.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), the excavation head Mimaroğlu said that the figurines that are in a similar form to the Mycenaean statuette have been found in five centers in Western Anatolia to date. These centers were Troy, Limantepe, Kadıkalesi, Miletus and Iasos.
(Excerpt) Read more at arkeonews.net ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anatolia; arzawa; arzawan; arzawans; ayasulukhill; bronzeage; catastrophism; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greeks; hittite; hittites; mycenaeans; trojanwar; troy
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A 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette found at Ayasuluk Hill, Izmir, western Turkey, June 11, 2022.AA Photo
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:16:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
Immanuel Velikovsky
The Dark Age of Greece
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:21:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:30:17 PM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: SunkenCiv
I just finished watching the Rays, the descendants of the Popupites.
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:30:24 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: SunkenCiv
Ok, I’ll be serious. This shouldn’t be a surprise, given the Mycenean-Hittite interaction that has left evidence found throughout most of my long and unillustrious life. What would be surprising would be the discovery of a third major civilization in the NE Mediterranean that would gum up the historical record.
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:35:07 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: SunkenCiv
I'm not sure that's a figurine.
Whatever it is, might be related to an early Ozark civilization...
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posted on
07/09/2022 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(arbitrary law is not rule of law)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/10/2022 7:20:38 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: chajin
Raids back and forth between rival civilizations would inevitably result in looted objects being found throughout the region.
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posted on
07/10/2022 3:34:23 PM PDT
by
wildbill
(The older I get, the less the term 'life in prison" scares me)
To: PIF
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posted on
07/10/2022 5:51:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
07/10/2022 8:18:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: nicollo
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posted on
07/10/2022 8:32:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
the rest of the Trojan War and Arzawan keywords:
- In an America full of craven Parises, be an Agamemnon [02/03/2022]
- 3,250-year-old seal belonging to Hittite prince discovered in southern Turkey [11/23/2021]
- Did archaeologists find the Trojan Horse? [08/11/2021]
- Did Archaeologists Find the Trojan Horse? [08/11/2021]
- Mediterranean silver likely traded during the Trojan War, the founding of Rome [07/19/2021]
- Mysterious 3,200-year-old stone carvings in Turkey finally revealed as ancient Hittite calendar and map of the cosmos [06/17/2021]
- David Rohl : Greek Dark Age, Hyksos Invasion and Sea Peoples [04/14/2021]
- New Evidence Supports Modern Greeks Having DNA of Ancient Mycenaeans [06/28/2020]
- Who are the Luwians? [07/16/2019]
- Archaeological evidence shows Minoans used violence and were prepared for war [03/06/2019]
- 6 Amazing Artifacts with Ancient Greek Mythology Scenes Discovered in Bulgaria [01/07/2019]
- New BBC TV series "Troy: A Fall of a City" shows Achilles as African [12/28/2018]
- Greek Authorities Say Lost Ancient City of Tenea Located [11/13/2018]
- Traces of Iron Age wars found on double-skin wall [09/23/2018]
- Homer Odyssey: Oldest extract discovered on clay tablet [07/11/2018]
- New study finds: Ancient Mycenaean civilization might have collapsed due to uprising or invasion [04/15/2018]
- Famed Archaeologist 'Discovered' His Own Fakes at 9,000-Year-Old Settlement [03/19/2018]
- 'Homer can help you': War veterans use ancient epics to cope [03/14/2018]
- The First English Translation of 'The Odyssey' by a Woman Was Worth the Wait [11/17/2017]
- Why Vessey Turned Two Swedes Into Hittites [08/26/2016]
- Throne of Homer's hero is unearthed [06/18/2016]
- Devastating 'World War ZERO' destroyed ancient civilisations and plunged Europe into a dark age [05/15/2016]
- World War Zero brought down mystery civilisation of 'sea people' [05/13/2016]
- Archaeologist Claims to Have Unlocked Phaistos Disk Mystery [again] [12/20/2015]
- Grave of 'Griffin Warrior' at Pylos Could Be a Gateway to Civilizations [10/27/2015]
- Archaeologists discover secret tunnel in ancient Hittite castle [10/21/2015]
- Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals [09/14/2015]
- Archaeologists making exciting discoveries in Laconia [08/28/2015]
- Ancient Greek palace unearthed near Sparta dates back to 17th century BC [08/27/2015]
- Symbols of Hittite goddess of sexuality found on 4,000-year-old tablet discovered in central Turkey [08/15/2015]
- Splendid Strength (Review: The Iliad, Translated by Peter Green) [06/07/2015]
- The Cult of Amun [ancient Egypt and Nubia] [05/08/2015]
- Author Says a Whole Culture -- Not a Single 'Homer' -- Wrote 'Iliad,' 'Odyssey' [01/05/2015]
- The Minoans were Caucasian [07/12/2014]
- Archaeologists Excavate Lower City of Mycenae [06/06/2014]
- Archaeologists Excavate for Archaic Greek City of Tenea [05/25/2014]
- The Greek Age of Bronze -- Middle Helmets [04/24/2014]
- Ancient Palace's Painted Floors Display Bronze-Age Creativity [01/06/2014]
- Minoan Frescoes at Tel Kabri: Aegean Art in Bronze Age Israel [07/21/2013]
- Spat between Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin over German treasure [06/21/2013]
- Incredible, Epic Genes: Dating The Iliad [03/01/2013]
- Bust of Memnon: Images of Blacks in Ancient Greece [01/05/2013]
- Ancient city of Troy rebranded itself after war [12/24/2012]
- Archeologists unearth extraordinary human sculpture in Turkey [ Suppiluliuma ] [07/30/2012]
- New Indo-European Language Discovered [06/21/2012]
- Rare Cuneiform Script Found on Island of Malta [12/24/2011]
- Lost city found in Turkey: It is older than Troy [09/27/2011]
- Bulgarian Archaeology Finds Said to Rewrite History of Black Sea Sailing [09/14/2011]
- Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old lion adorning citadel gate complex in Turkey [08/09/2011]
- Is an Eclipse Described in the Odyssey (and does it date the return of Odysseus to Penelope) [07/08/2011]
- The War that Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander [reviews] [12/23/2010]
- Project Troia -- Bronze Age Troy Just Keeps on Growing [10/08/2010]
- Two tumuluses found in Turkey's ancient Daskyleion [09/24/2010]
- Greek Archaeologists Claim They Discovered Odysseus' Palace [08/25/2010]
- Greece. They found the palace belonging to one of the Heroes of the Iliad? [Egyptian artifact, 2006] [07/30/2010]
- Ancient Greek town from where ships were launched for Troy unearthed [07/16/2010]
- Has the Sarcophagus of Paris, Prince of Troy, Been Found? [07/16/2010]
- Ancient Chronography, Eratosthenes and the Dating of the Fall of Troy [abstract] [07/14/2010]
- Diggers discover Phoenician army complex in Cyprus [ Trojan War connection ] [06/18/2010]
- 'Palestine existed in Syria, Turkey' [inhabited by Philistines] [05/11/2010]
- In the footsteps of the Bronze Men [ the Carians in Egypt ] [04/06/2010]
- Could museum's gold be from ancient Troy? [02/02/2010]
- Two-and-a-Half Millennia Don't Change Much [01/29/2010]
- Excavations in Ancient Tegea [12/04/2009]
- 5,000-year-old Venus figure found in Canakkale [10/02/2009]
- "The Catastrophe" What the End of Bronze-Age Civilization Means for Modern Times [09/28/2009]
- Archaeologists find suspected Trojan war-era couple [09/22/2009]
- Archaeology meets mythology in Mycenean Pylos (King Nestor) [09/11/2009]
- University of Toronto archaeologists find...cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple [08/10/2009]
- Phaistos Disk: Greek or Luwian? [06/25/2009]
- Ancient Greece's 'global warming' [05/08/2009]
- Ancient Group Believed Departed Souls Lived in Stone Monuments [11/18/2008]
- Trojan arrows and unique seals from Perperikon stand out in archaeological summer '08 [11/03/2008]
- Grog of the Greeks [ barley beer, honey mead, retsina wine ] [10/20/2008]
- 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are giving up new secrets about the ancient world [10/03/2008]
- Defences at Troy reveal larger town [ news finally reaches UK ] [09/19/2008]
- Who Were the Hurrians? [06/25/2008]
- Scientists calculate the exact date of the Trojan horse using eclipse in Homer [06/24/2008]
- Ancient Eclipse Found in "The Odyssey," Scientists Say [06/23/2008]
- Ancient Tomb Found On Greek Island [03/05/2008]
- Sick Rams Used As Ancient Bioweapons [11/29/2007]
- Troy Story [The Straight Dope] [07/18/2007]
- 2,700-Year-Old Fabric Found in Greece [05/10/2007]
- Mycenaean and Hittite Diplomatic Correspondence: Fact and Fiction [ PDF file ] [05/03/2007]
- Classical Treasures, Bathed in a New Light [ Met Museum, NYC, Roman and Greek classics ] [05/02/2007]
- Engineers To Help Find Homer's Itacha [03/27/2007]
- Lessons Of 'The 300' [03/26/2007]
- French Explorer's Bad Luck In Syria Avenged At Last (Hittites) [10/17/2006]
- Drill hole begins Homeric quest [10/11/2006]
- Schliemann's search for the 'first city' [09/30/2006]
- Greek Archaeologists Confirm Authenticity Of 'Theseus Ring' [08/03/2006]
- Archaeologists Seek Hints On 4,000-Year-Old (Thracian) Civilization In Tekirdað [07/19/2006]
- An epic battle on Homer's gender [07/02/2006]
- Virgil's Demi-God City 'Found' [04/07/2006]
- Odyssey's End? The Search for Ancient Ithaca [04/02/2006]
- Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax [03/29/2006]
- Palace Of Homer's Hero Rises Out Of Myths [03/28/2006]
- Ancient coffin with scenes from Homer's poems unearthed in Cyprus [03/20/2006]
- Archaeologists say the Urartians failed to overcome harsh winter conditions [03/03/2006]
- Helen Of Troy Existed? [10/18/2005]
- Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore [10/09/2005]
- Search Locates Homer's Ithaca [09/29/2005]
- Archeologists make historic discovery (Tomb of Odysseus) [09/23/2005]
- Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Treasure Of Thousands Of Golden Ornaments [08/17/2005]
- Unlocking the Power of Myth [08/12/2005]
- Where Did The Etruscans Come From? [08/06/2005]
- Archaeologists Unearth Part Of 3,500 Year-Old Gold Mask (Orpheus) [06/24/2005]
- Research To Investigate Links Between Ancient Greeks And Modern Science Fiction [06/08/2005]
- Mycenaean Port of Athens Found? [04/29/2005]
- Mycenaean Port Of Athens Found [04/28/2005]
- Papyrus Reveals New Clues to Ancient World (New Sophocles, Lucian: More) [04/28/2005]
- Russian Culture Official Suggests Legendary Gold Collection From Troy Unlikely be Returned Germany [02/27/2005]
- In Search of the Real Troy [02/20/2005]
- The Warriors Of Paros [12/19/2004]
- Arzawa [11/26/2004]
- Quarry, Setting and Team Marks: The Carian Connection [10/08/2004]
- The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization [08/29/2004]
- Laocoön and His Son [08/28/2004]
- The Argonaut Epos and Bronze Age Economic History [08/25/2004]
- Amazon Warrior Women [08/04/2004]
- Was There a Trojan War? [07/29/2004]
- Non-Attic Characters [07/18/2004]
- Inscription in Carian and Greek [07/17/2004]
- Troy the Movie [05/25/2004]
- Victor Davis Hanson: The Ancient Greeks -- Were they like us at all? [05/04/2004]
- The Truth About An Epic Tale Of Love, War And Greed (Troy) [03/25/2004]
- Etruscan Demons, Monsters Unearthed [11/05/2003]
- Unearthed: the humble origins of world diplomacy (A Preserved Library from 1340BC discovered!) [01/19/2003]
- Unearthed: The Humble Origins Of World Diplomacy (Hittites) [01/18/2003]
- Geologists investigate Trojan battlefield [02/07/2003]
- Geologists Show Homer Got It Right [01/29/2003]
- Was Troy a Metropolis? Homer Isn't Talking [10/21/2002]
- Dig Unearths Mycenaean 'Homeric Capital' [04/17/2002]
- Recent Finds Prove That Homer's Stories Were More Than Myth [02/24/2002]
- So Who Is Buried in Midas's Tomb? [12/24/2001]
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posted on
07/10/2022 8:46:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
the rest of the Hittite keywords, sorted:
- 3,250-year-old seal belonging to Hittite prince discovered in southern Turkey [11/23/2021]
- 3,500-year-old summer residence of Hittite kings to host visitors [08/15/2021]
- Joseph and The Exodus [02/17/2019]
- Traces of Iron Age wars found on double-skin wall [09/23/2018]
- Why Vessey Turned Two Swedes Into Hittites [08/26/2016]
- The Last Days of Hattusa [06/27/2016]
- Monastery new discovery in underground city in Cappadocia [06/26/2016]
- Devastating 'World War ZERO' destroyed ancient civilisations and plunged Europe into a dark age [05/15/2016]
- World War Zero brought down mystery civilisation of 'sea people' [05/13/2016]
- Early Written Signs [02/14/2016]
- Traces of Vikings found at Bathonea archaeological excavation in Istanbul [12/08/2015]
- Archaeologists discover secret tunnel in ancient Hittite castle [10/21/2015]
- Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals [09/14/2015]
- Archaeologists discover 2,800-year-old 'burial jars' in Turkey... but what lies inside? [09/07/2015]
- Symbols of Hittite goddess of sexuality found on 4,000-year-old tablet discovered in central Turkey [08/15/2015]
- Archaeologists Find Assyrian Tablets in Turkey, Some About Women's Rights [07/19/2015]
- European languages linked to migration from the east [02/13/2015]
- Pollen Study Points to Drought as Culprit in Bronze Age Mystery (Global Warming in Ancient Times) [10/26/2013]
- Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures [08/18/2012]
- Lost city found in Turkey: It is older than Troy [09/27/2011]
- Road built over 3000-year-old tumulus in eastern Turkey [07/27/2010]
- University of Toronto archaeologists find...cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple [08/10/2009]
- Phaistos Disk: Greek or Luwian? [06/25/2009]
- Hittites' holy city Nerik to emerge [09/05/2008]
- Messages from the Dead [ Qatna's royal palace and cuneiform archive ] [02/01/2007]
- French Explorer's Bad Luck In Syria Avenged At Last (Hittites) [10/17/2006]
- Ancient Hittite Dam Inaugurated After 32 Centuries [09/20/2006]
- Hittite graves, artifacts unearthed in Adana [06/14/2006]
- Hittite winds blow in Istanbul [05/19/2006]
- In Search of the Real Troy [02/20/2005]
- First Toilet And Sewer System Of Prehistoric Period Found In Van [08/24/2004]
- Amazon Warrior Women [08/04/2004]
- Smenkhkhare, the Hittite Pharaoh [07/30/2004]
- History Channel to air Ancient Battles [Persians-Greeks-Romans - starts 7/23] [07/20/2004]
- A Biological Dig for the Roots of Language [03/18/2004]
- Unearthed: the humble origins of world diplomacy (A Preserved Library from 1340BC discovered!) [01/19/2003]
- Unearthed: The Humble Origins Of World Diplomacy (Hittites) [01/18/2003]
- Key To An Ancient Tongue [07/23/2002]
- Recent Finds Prove That Homer's Stories Were More Than Myth [02/24/2002]
- Archaeologists Rewrite Timeline Of Bronze And Iron Ages, Alphabet [12/24/2001]
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posted on
07/10/2022 8:52:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
It’s a headless statuette of Helen Thomas.
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posted on
07/10/2022 8:58:30 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
To: Rebelbase
Not too sure, she was probably too old to pose for this.
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posted on
07/10/2022 9:22:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, history tells us that at one time the whole of modern Turkey was ruled by the Hittites, and their influence was felt all over that area for about 500 years before their ultimate collapse.
They even made as far as Babylon when they sacked it. Now, that little excursion lasted a short time, but they were quite the power at one time.
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posted on
07/10/2022 10:02:08 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: SunkenCiv
Also, some scholars believe that Troy was one of the cities that would come under constant attacks from the Hittites in their long ongoing battles for dominance in the region. Some expect to one day find archeological evidence of weapons and the like from the Hittite campaigns.
Interesting, for a vast kingdom that everyone claimed was made up story in the Bible up to the late 19th century, they sure have realized how powerful of an empire it was. They kept Egypt at bay by fighting a stalemate with Pharaoh Ramsey II.
I never hear the critics ever admit they were wrong when archeological evidence proves the accounts in the Bible are right. Amazing ain’t it? They just keep claiming the Bible is unreliable for history
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posted on
07/10/2022 10:16:40 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: OneVike
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posted on
07/10/2022 10:18:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: OneVike
for a vast kingdom that everyone claimed was made up story in the Bible up to the late 19th century, they sure have realized how powerful of an empire it was.
The name "Hittites" was borrowed from the Bible, so what you're saying there doesn't make any sense.
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posted on
07/10/2022 10:20:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/11/2022 6:17:54 AM PDT
by
nicollo
(arbitrary law is not rule of law)
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