Little is known most why the ancient urban amount of Hadrianopolis inwards Paphlagonia, located inwards the modern solar daytime Eskipazar district of Turkey's Black Sea say of Karabük, was abandoned inwards belatedly antiquity.
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According to Ersin Çelikbaş, an academic at Karabük University’s archæology department, Hadrianopolis witnessed a precipitous evacuation inwards the seventh century.
“This year’s excavations revealed that in that place was a precipitous evacuation inwards the ancient city. We are trying to honour out the argue — whether an earthquake happened, an invasion occurred or a big burn downward broke out. But nosotros tin sack for certain say that life hither ended inwards the seventh century. There was non fifty-fifty a unmarried someone inwards the ancient city. Now, nosotros volition investigate the reason. At first, nosotros volition report the disasters that happened during those times in addition to therefore political in addition to social events that mightiness convey happened,” he said.
“We promise to obtain clear results past times side past times side year,” he added.
The officials likewise conducted examinations of a 500-year-old construction inwards the ancient city. The structure, unearthed during excavations, is believed to endure 1 of the oldest churches inwards Anatolia.
Speaking to journalists, Çelikbaş said mosaics uncovered inwards the church building dated dorsum to the fifth century AD. He stressed the mosaics had non been destroyed. “We constitute real of import figures on the mosaics. We constitute a panel alongside 1 bull figure, 1 king of beasts figure in addition to ii peacocks. When nosotros await at similar examples of these figures inwards Anatolia, the most consummate lawsuit is the mosaic that nosotros constitute inwards Hadrianopolis this year”, he added.
“It is a real of import ancient urban amount in addition to a ‘mosaic haven,’ because Hadrianopolis is known generally for its mosaics. It was the most of import urban amount inwards the western Black Sea region. It was the topographic point of an eparchy in addition to many notable religious functionaries lived here. This year’s industrial plant unearthed many minor findings from the sixth century. We are most to larn to a greater extent than of import results inwards our works. We are most to solve the mystery inwards the ancient city,” he added.
Hadrianopolis was inhabited inwards the belatedly Hellenistic, Roman in addition to early on Byzantine periods. Surface surveys convey uncovered xiv populace buildings in addition to other structures inwards the city. Two baths, ii churches, a defense strength structure, stone tombs, a theater, an arched in addition to domed structure, a monumental cultic niche, walls, a villa, other monumental buildings in addition to around religious buildings were found.
Excavation industrial plant inwards Hadrianopolis started inwards 2003 in addition to convey been continuing alongside intervals.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [October 14, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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Speaking to journalists, Çelikbaş said mosaics uncovered inwards the church building dated dorsum to the fifth century AD. He stressed the mosaics had non been destroyed. “We constitute real of import figures on the mosaics. We constitute a panel alongside 1 bull figure, 1 king of beasts figure in addition to ii peacocks. When nosotros await at similar examples of these figures inwards Anatolia, the most consummate lawsuit is the mosaic that nosotros constitute inwards Hadrianopolis this year”, he added.
“It is a real of import ancient urban amount in addition to a ‘mosaic haven,’ because Hadrianopolis is known generally for its mosaics. It was the most of import urban amount inwards the western Black Sea region. It was the topographic point of an eparchy in addition to many notable religious functionaries lived here. This year’s industrial plant unearthed many minor findings from the sixth century. We are most to larn to a greater extent than of import results inwards our works. We are most to solve the mystery inwards the ancient city,” he added.
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| Credit: DHA |
Excavation industrial plant inwards Hadrianopolis started inwards 2003 in addition to convey been continuing alongside intervals.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [October 14, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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