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To: Fred Nerks

Those images are from Phrygian sites though?


14 posted on 01/02/2008 10:45:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, December 30, 2007)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yes:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hikyo/yamaya/phrygiam.htm


15 posted on 01/02/2008 11:38:46 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: SunkenCiv

http://www.varchive.org/dag/lionga.htm

“The Lion Gate of Mycenae

The Lion Gate of Mycenae was the entrance to the city. Atop the gate, two lions rampant are carved in stone relief. Similar bas-reliefs of two lions rampant facing each other are found in a number of places in Phrygia in Asia Minor...”


18 posted on 01/03/2008 1:40:23 AM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: SunkenCiv
That Cybele got around, obviously. ( I know nothing!)

A famous plate showing the Phrygian goddess Cybele in her lion-drawn chariot, the Greek sun god Helios, and an Iranian fire altar.

www.livius.org


19 posted on 01/03/2008 1:58:31 AM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: SunkenCiv

You never told me Gordion had a Tumulus...

http://www.people.umass.edu/bwhitchu/MidasIndexGordionTumulusKingMidas20002.jpg


20 posted on 01/03/2008 2:02:32 AM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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