Voices columnist Glenn Maffia on a ‘historic mistake’ I STILL retain a slight niggled doubt, though my archaeologist friends have done the work and concluded that my visual observation of the placement of a possible third temple is awry by some twenty metres or so. Oh so near, yet so far! I kowtow to their…
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IN light of the potential and exciting unearthing of a second temple at Eskikoy by the German archaeologists this week, Voices columnist Glenn Maffia suggests there could be strong evidence of a third Roman temple yet to be discovered VIGILANCE is a word not often displayed these days; eyes may interpret a vision of this…
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IS it possible that there was a second temple close to the Apollo Temple at Didim? Possibly built in honour of Artemis, the twin of Apollo? Well, excavation works presently on may suggest the case. German archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of a giant structure, thought to have connections with the temple. The works have…
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Glenn Maffia on the ongoing excavations at the Apollo Temple IT HAS been a hot and sweaty week in which the labourers have had to dig. Clearing and breaking the initial ground is always the most arduous and tedious chore, if for nothing more than the rewards are never instantly forthcoming.
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Glenn Maffia I DOUBT that it was my constant haranguing in *Voices* that swayed Aydin Belediye to finally close the road passing the Temple of Apollo. I rather think that this is too much of a coincidence with the German Archaeologists arriving back in town for their annual dig.
Read MoreFollowing news that the fabled Sacred Road could be re-opened next year, Voices columnist Glenn Maffia reflects on the recent archaeological findings around Temple of Apollo AUGUST is always, but always, a time I so look forward to with great relish and anticipation, for the German archaeologists’ return to our town for yet another month…
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