And the rock tombs at Kaunos have always reminded me of Petra.
Posted on 07/20/2006 8:18:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The ancient theater in Kaunos... had a rotating stage, archaeologists working on the site announced on Wednesday... "Kaunos does not have the usual ancient structures built out of colossal white marble columns, but has very special features that can be called firsts in archaeology. One of them is the theater. The two-meter high rotating stage was triangular in shape with different decor on each side. As the setting changed throughout the play's plot, a mechanism rotated the stage," Iflak explained. "Ancient playwrights mentioned this system in historical documents but we did not have any archaeological evidence of this system until now," he said... Excavations in the ancient city have been continuing since 1966 and are expected to last for years... According to Heredotos, who lived around 500 B.C., the people of Kaunos were descendents of the ancient civilization of Caria and considered themselves Cretans.
(Excerpt) Read more at turkishdailynews.com.tr ...
Over 100 ancient theaters throughout Anatolia await excavationThere are 115 ancient theaters either completely unearthed or are still being excavated... [A]rchaeological and excavation work continues to unearth the cultural and natural wealth of Turkey. "Some portion of tourism revenue is utilized for this purpose. Around YTL 9 million was allocated for excavation work last year," he said. "We will unearth them completely and later restore them. There are still around 2,600 unexcavated tumuli. This is an extraordinary situation that can't be seen in any other part of the world."
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Perhaps a Carian-Linear A link can be established.
Are there any Carian writings extant?
Yes, they're mostly short inscriptions and graffiti (in Egypt for example, where Carian mercenaries served). But so far no archives have emerged.
Inscription in Carian and Greek
Anistoriton | 27 Dec. 1997 | (editors)
Posted on 07/17/2004 9:20:07 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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Quarry, Setting and Team Marks: The Carian Connection
University of Leiden (Netherlands) | 1998 | (about) Sheldon Lee Gosline
Posted on 10/08/2004 6:20:42 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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Non-Attic Characters
University of California, Irvine, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae | September 7 2003 (rev 9-28-2003) | Nick Nicholas
Posted on 07/18/2004 9:43:19 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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And the rock tombs at Kaunos have always reminded me of Petra.
Those wacky Nabataeans were following (or emulating) an old tradition.
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