Traces Of Tsunami In Ancient City Of Patara (Turkey)

Turkish Daily News ^ | 12-27-2005

[blam]

GGG Ping.

I'm back home. We had a beautiful snowy Christmas in Indy.

[frogjerk]

However, Iþýk says they believe only the lighthouse was destroyed during the tsunami. "We found no other traces of tsunami damage to other structures," she said.

Why couldn't the lighthouse have just collapsed? It had to be a tsunami...

If NERO would just have signed Kyoto all of this would have never happened...

[Blzbba]

"If NERO would just have signed Kyoto all of this would have never happened..."


It was actually the fault of Emperor Georgius Bushicus II.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Our impressions support the idea that it was destroyed not by an earthquake but by a tsunami."

The two tend to go hand in hand, so I don't know how they're making the distinction, unless the skeleton is only buried in sand, and even then, earthquake cannot be completely ruled out.

[Fatuncle]

"Our impressions support the idea that it was destroyed not by an earthquake but by a tsunami."

The distinction would be that a quake would be a local effect, distorting the earth, shaking and toppling the lighthouse, whereas a tsunami would knock it over with a wall of water which originated elsewhere, possibly from far enough away that the lighthouse never felt the quake.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[Ditter]

I though the Emperor Chimpus Kahn was at fault.

[ForGod'sSake]

The "keeper" never knew what hit 'im...

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[blam]

Excellent. Thanks for the photo.

[Renfield]

Would someone care to pronounce "Havva Ýþkan Iþýk" for me?

[BJClinton]

Is that a real pic or photoshopped?

[ForGod'sSake]

I asked the same question(of myself), but it's the real deal as far as I know.

[Fatuncle]

It's pronounced "Havva Ýþkan Iþýk".

The surrounding area should end up liberally sprayed with spit.

[Turk2]

Havva Ishkan Ishik, Ishik means light by the way.

The "Ý" is actually an "I" with a dot on top. Its pronounced like "E".

The "þ" is actually an "s" with a accent on the bottom. It gives a sound similar to "sch" or "sh".

The "ý" is actually an "i" without the dot on top. It does not correspond to any sound in English.

Some Turkish characters turn into those strange letters when copied and pasted on computers with no Turkish character set installed.

[Renfield]

Thanks!!

[Turk2]

No problem.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic was posted 12/29/2005. Thanks blam.

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[Black Agnes]

Where’s that pic from?