Though having passed the site of Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Magnesia on the Meander) on innumerable occasions I must guiltily admit that time always seemed to allude me, writes Glenn Maffia.. The constant promise of “next time” just never materialised. To be honest, from the road the site looks less than inspiring, just sturdy city walls…
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As Voices and Turkish Archaeological News (TAN) readers know full well, I have been writing about the local archaeology for many years within ancient Didyma, and have recently began to cover interesting events which have caught my notice in Miletus. It is something I find particularly fascinating and intriguing, writes Glenn Maffia.. I am not…
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Due to the interest generated by last week’s article about the Miletus Cave I feel obliged to expand a little further on the artefacts which were found within the dark and sinister depths of its chambers, and a particular dark page of history writes Glenn Maffia. Where are the artefacts? I conducted my own ‘digging’…
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Following recent press reports informing us the cave beneath Miletus’ theatre was now open to the public, I and two companions decided to journey along to the Meandros River delta to locate and explore this mysterious natural fissure, writes Glenn Maffia. Into the Underworld The three of us have visited Miletus on numerous occasions but…
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News of a possible Minoan harbour located just below the sea-level off Tavşan Adası (Rabbit Island) has created a rush of interest both locally and from my colleagues across Europe, write Glenn Maffia. It has long been known of a Minoan connection with Miletus region because of the datable pottery found in the vicinity of…
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New efforts to research Didyma’s true natural port, a 5,000-year-old ruin around the locally known Rabbit Island – and a possible enduring link to the Apollo Temple – are underway after a chance trip may have discovered them. What has caused the need to re-visit, and possibly re-think the importance of the Port of Panormos,…
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The clement weather we appreciated in January (from the Roman god Janus, the two-faced god who looked both backward and forward; old year, new year) allowed myself and my equally historically inquisitive friend Jay Jean Jackson to venture out to Akköy. Our aim: to pick up the Sacred Road and then proceed in the direction…
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A PERMANENT memorial wall of loved ones from the Yesiltepe district of Didim who have since passed on has been dedicated by the community. On the evening of July 1, residents gathered together at the local venue in Yesiltepe to celebrate the lives of those that passed on and to show support for those that…
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Glenn Maffia THE opening of Didim’s Cultural House was well attended on a bright and sunny Thursday (March 14). Presiding over the ceremonial duties was Mayor Deniz Atabay, his punctuality merely half an hour later than the scheduled 12:30 start. The speeches which followed were beyond my limited vocabulary of Turkish, though they appeared to…
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CONCERNS are being raised in various interest communities over the fate of little-known frescoes depicting Jesus which are located at the Yediler Monastery located in the Beşparmak Mountains which passes through the district of Milas. The frescoes show scenes of Jesus’ life, works and death, bit are slowly being destroyed as they are not…
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