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ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:52 AM Sayfa 246 uncovered in the excavation work. Just as most of these stamp presses were communiqués, some of them had to do with customs procedures. Consequently, it is understood that there was once a customs office here. In 256 AD the city was assaulted by the famous Sassani King Shapur I, who burned and destroyed everything in sight. The city was never to make a recovery; it was annexed by the Byzantines in the 5 th century and later on was razed to the ground once again, this time by the Arabs in the 7 th century. The wrecked city became the small settlement of Abbasid during the 10 th centuries. Belk›s Village is established in the 17 th century. Spread out over 20,000 acres of land, the city is divided into three parts; A, B and C. The cliffs towering 300 m. over the Euphrates were utilized as residences. The Temple of Tyche, the Goddess of Good Fortune, is found in the acropolis over the cliff. The acropolis was divided by the necropol in the south and west, districts to the east and north east as well as the city's administrative area to the north. Concurrently this was also the Legionnaire region as well. While the first excavation work at Zeugma was conducted in the necropol section in 1987, this was halted until 1992 when an illegal excavation at the site uncovered a mosaic. Around this time the issue of the construction of Birecik Dam was under discussion. Because a section of Zeugma is slated to be lost forever under the dam waters, around 100 archaeologists from 11 countries have been working at feverish pace to save what they can. In 1992, a priceless floor mosaic panel depicting the wedding of Dionysos and Ariadne was uncovered in the guestroom of a 2 nd century villa with columns belonging to a rich Roman. The daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, Ariadne fell in love with Theseus who came to Crete to slay the Minotaur, a monster with the body of a man and a head of a bull. After slaying the bull, Theseus departs Crete with Ariadna only to abandon her on the island of Nakos. The God Dionysos finds her on this island is a state of despair and takes her off the island. They married later on and the panel depiction shows their wedding scene sitting on a throne in the center with Eros, the goddess of Love, extending them a bowl full of love potion. There are 10 figures positioned on this 730x350 cm. panel. Five of the figures were removed from their settings and smuggled out of the country. It is understood that the mosaics found at the site in 1993 were removed from their settings much earlier and smuggled. Depicting a
ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:52 AM Sayfa man while the other depicts a woman, one of these mosaics was found in America and was later donated to the Gaziantep Museum. The two heroes of a mythical love satyr, Metiochos and Parthenope are seen in this mosaic. While progress on the construction of Birecik Dam continued at full speed in 1996, an excavation at the site of the ancient city's gymnasion and hamam were conducted where the main body of the dam stands. 36 mosaic pieces were removed from here and carted off to the museum. Artifacts dating from the Bronze Age uncovered in 1997 at the site where the dam was being constructed proved the city was established far back in the pages of history. Incredible mosaics such as those of Acratos and the Gypsy girl were brought to the surface during the 1998-1999 excavation studies. There are 65,000 stamp presses found in the archives room. Used between the 1 st century BC and the 3 rd century AD, these stamp presses are on display at the Gaziantep Museum, which hosts the richest collection of its sort in the world. Besides these, a large mosaic panel was uncovered in the lower part of the city during this excavation season. The mosaic, which depicts Oceanos and Tethys together with sea animals, has been carried off to the museum. Another panel showing Dionysos, small Nike and Bachhus in a cart pulled by Pars was brought to light during the 1999 excavation season. Meanwhile, another breathtaking mosaic panel depicting how Achilles joined the Troian War on the side of Odysseus was also discovered. Achilles is the son of Peleus and one of the sea goddesses, Thetis. He lit his heel on fire in order to render his mother immortal and was to die if his heel was ever to be wounded. When Thetis realized that her son was going to die in this war, she sent him to the island of Shyros where he was hidden amongst the king's daughters. Nevertheless, the Troian War could not be won without him. So, he assigns Odysseus to take him to the war front. In order to differentiate him from the girls, Odysseus takes some essence in one hand and a priceless dagger in the other. While the girls were interested in the essence, someone showed interest in the dagger, which turned out to be Achilles, who was pressed into service for the Troian mobilization. Well, this panel shows Achilles joining up in the mobilization. 17 floor mosaics were uncovered in the excavation of two Roman villas besides the bronze statue of Mars. Of these, four are of geometric designs while the remaining mosaics depict figures including those of Achilles, the Muses, Eros, Psyche, 247
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