Lost in the cursed scrub-oaks, jagged rocks, dusty unpaved roads, and small farm plots of Rough Cilicia, one finds (if one is really looking and knows where) Köşkerli—the modern name given to a scatter of ruins around an ancient Byzantine church. The main door of the church is nearly blocked by an oddly-placed small chapel … Continue reading Pic of the Day 2017-10-05: Putting Man on a Pedestal?
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Yesemek is a rather unusual archaeological site in Turkey, 6 km from Syria. The "ruins" are really a workshop for production of standard Hittite (and Neo-Hittite) monumental statuary used to decorate palaces and public buildings. The basic forms were created here and then transported and perhaps detailed at the cities where they were installed. Hundreds … Continue reading Pic of the Day 2017-10-04: An ancient garden statue center
The Moon rises and the Sun sets over Sumatar in panorama (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr). On maps it appears (when it appears) as Soğmatar, but the Turkish ğ is not pronounced and historians and archaeologists know it (when they know of it) as Sumatar Harabesi. It will definitely be the subject of a … Continue reading Pic of the Day 2017-10-03: Shrines to the Seven Planets of Antiquity
Today's Pic Of The Day is of the eponymous church at the site Çanlı Kilise on the western edge of Cappadocia in modern Turkey. The site is one of the ubiquitous Byzantine period settlement-monastery-church ruins in the region, noted for its unique geology and resulting topography. Çanlı Kilise is unusual in having such a well-preserved … Continue reading Pic of the Day 2017-10-01
This is the first post in my series entitled "Pic of the Day." The pic (above, I assume, but not sure yet how this is going to work on all viewing platforms—feel free to complain about appearance on your device) is not particularly exciting or beautiful but has some potential interest to colleagues and those … Continue reading Pic of the Day 2017-09-29
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