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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Üçhöyük
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bolvadin
Latitude: 38.693830N  Longitude: 31.036410E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey

An Early Bronze Age settlement which might possibly be the 3rd millennium BCE city of Purushandha.

"The excavation site, spanning approximately 50 hectares where the Eber Lake and Akarcay River meet, was one of the largest settlements in Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age."
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Japanese archaeologists dig for lost city of ‘Purushandha’ in Türkiye by davidmorgan on Monday, 30 December 2024
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In Afyonkarahisar’s Bolvadin district, Japanese and Turkish scholars are meticulously working to uncover the lost city of “Purushandha” at the Uchoyuk excavation site.

The excavation, which includes 48 academics from Turkish universities and archaeologists Satoshi Urano, Yukinori Fukatsu and Naoto Koiwa from Rikkyo and Hirosaki universities in Japan, aims to shed light on the region’s unknown aspects.

Authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and coordinated by the Afyonkarahisar Museum Directorate, the Uchoyuk rescue excavation began in 2020 under the scientific consultancy of professor Ozdemir Kocak from Selcuk University’s Department of History.

This year, the excavation was upgraded to regular status by presidential decree, continuing with support from the Bolvadin District Governorate and municipality.

Kocak stated that the excavation site, spanning approximately 50 hectares where the Eber Lake and Akarcay River meet, was one of the largest settlements in Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age.

The team is investigating whether this settlement is the same as Purushandha, mentioned in written records from around 2350 B.C. related to the Akkadian Kingdom.

Kocak explained, “Records describe Akkadian King Sargon launching a surprise attack on Purushandha, capturing the city, and having his and the city’s king’s images painted on the city walls. The seal impressions from around 2300 BCE we’ve uncovered suggest that this site might be Purushandha.”

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