Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Alabanda in the western province of Aydın have brought to light the fragments of the statue of Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.Aydın
Posted on 10/04/2021 1:25:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The excavations that started in 2015 in Alabanda, which is located on an area of 500 hectares in Çine district and is said to be one of the largest ancient cities in Anatolia, are being headed by Ali Yalçın, professor at the Tavukçu Erzurum Atatürk University’s Department of Archaeology.
The fragments of the marble statue of Roman Emperor Hadrianus, which is believed to have been brought to Aydın in 120, have been found in different spots during the ongoing excavations in the parliament building.
Works are continuing to find the other parts of the marble statue, which has six parts, including some parts of its head and body. The 2.5-meter-tall statue will be brought to the Aydın Archaeology Museum after works are completed...
Aydın Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Umut Tuncer said... "Last year, we accelerated the work in the billiardium [council building], which is one of the three important regions here. This year we found fragments of the armored emperor statue, which we call 'portrait sculpture.' The parts of this statue were found in different places. It will be one of the important artifacts in the museum. Hadrian was one of the emperors in the Roman Empire who visited the country the most. He also had many expeditions to Anatolia. We think that there is an inscription of honor next to this statue, which we think was made for the arrival of Hadrian, who ruled between 117 and 138."
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Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Alabanda in the western province of Aydın have brought to light the fragments of the statue of Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.Aydın
Heh heh
Hadrianus
Hey heh
Thats him alright...you can tell by the eyes...
Thanks Red Badger.
From 2016, more pics of the site:
https://followinghadrianphotography.com/2016/05/01/alabanda/
and, long before Hadrian was knocking off young boys, Alabanda was an important place.
(try to ignore his having said “a prehistoric foreign office archive”)
In search of the Trojan war - Empire of the Hittites (5/6) [Michael Wood]
uploaded April 26, 2013
Quidam Graecus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyKIlRqRb58&t=1649
“In Search of the Trojan War is a 1985 6-part British TV documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood. It examines the extent to which historical and archeological evidence matches with the tale of the Trojan War as recounted by Homer in The Iliad.”
LOL
“William Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzwilliam, and we’ve heard the joke so save it!”
The A’s maybe, there’s two of those, only one I...
Immediately destroyed and replaced with likeness of St. George Floyd.
Drat those “woke” ancient Romans! Probably removed that statue too.
/s
A lot of the marble statuary wound up getting rendered into lime during the middle ages.
Then again... This could be his brother, from another mother.
Quick, tell Antifa he owned slaves!
Heh... Antifa was anti-Trump astroturf. The jackoffs in Antifa may not have thought so, but their money and orders from above dried up as soon as the phony-baloney election was over.
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