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Published by Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi, 2008., Istanbul:, 2008
ISBN 10: 9944483206ISBN 13: 9789944483209
Seller: BOSPHORUS BOOKS, Istanbul, Turkey
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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. 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. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789944483209 CATALOG: Archaeology KEYWORDS: Archaeology Anatolian civilizations Excavation Guide.
Published by Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi, 2008., Istanbul:, 2008
ISBN 10: 9944483230ISBN 13: 9789944483230
Seller: BOSPHORUS BOOKS, Istanbul, Turkey
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Soft cover. Condition: New. EQUINI SCHNEIDER, EUGENIA Elaiussa Sebaste. A port city between East and West. An archaelogical guide. Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi, 2008. 8vo., 176 p., ills. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789944483230 CATALOG: Archaeology KEYWORDS: Archaeology Anatolian civilizations Byzantium Roman Empire Southeast Anatolia The ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste (today Ayas) lies on the south-eastern coast of Turkey. The birth and the development of the settlement were granted by the favourable geographical position of the city, situated along the important coastal road connecting Asia Minor to Syria and projected in the intense commercial traffic of the eastern Mediterranean and, secondly, to the abundant natural resources of the hinterland - timber from the Tauro forests, vineyards and olive trees (elaion) to which the name Elaiussa itself alludes. The site was, during the Roman age, one of the most important cities of the Roman province of Cilicia, which developed considerably in the 2nd and 3rd century AD; it maintained its prestigious role as significant trading port until the Late Empire and the first Byzantine age. Thanks to its long and continuous life, Elaiussa can be indeed qualified as a remarkable case study for the deepening of historical and archaeological knowledge on the dynamics of the development and evolution of urban centres in the Eastern Mediterranean area. Prof. Dr. Eugenia EquiniSchneider (Universita diRoma "Sapienza", Italy) has been the head of the excavation team in Elaiussa Sebaste since 1995.