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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pessinous: Sacred City of the Anatolian Mother Goddess This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. CLAERHOUT, INGE - JOHN DEVREKER Pessinous. An archaeological guide. Sacred City of the Anatolian Mother Goddess. Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi, 2008. 8vo., 204 p., color ills. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789944483209 CATALOG: Archaeology KEYWORDS: Archaeology Anatolian civilizations Excavation Guide Pessinous, the sacred city of the Anatolian Mother Goddess Kybele, is situated centrally on he Anatolian plateau, about 150 km southwest of the capital Ankara. A major part of the ancient city is situated under the modern village of Ballihisar. According to tradition, the site dates back to the Phrygian era as a cult site and settlement. The famous King Midas himself is supposed to have founded Pessinous and erected the first sanctuary of Kybele in the 8lh century BC. The cult of the Mother Goddess spread first across the Greek world and then from Pessinous throughout the Roman Empire, and conquered the classical world. The excavations that have been carried out at the site since 1967 by the Belgian Archaeological teams of Ghent Iniversity have unearthed the heart of ancient Pessinous.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 416pp, illustrated, as new in original hardback coversx; quarto; 416 pages.

Ghent, Academia Press, [2004]. 414 pp. B./w. ills. Hardcover. (Archaeol. Reports Ghent Univerity 1).