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<< Our Photo Pages >> Iasos - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 30 November 2010  Page Views: 5577

Multi-periodSite Name: Iasos Alternative Name: Asin Liman, Iassos, Iasus
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 0.207 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bodrum  Nearest Village: Kiyikislacik
Latitude: 37.278000N  Longitude: 27.586000E
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 4 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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Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Turbintorium ruins at Ancient Iasos (Vote or comment on this photo)
The ancient city of Iassos dates back 4000 years, and there’s many layers of civilisations all built one on top of the other. The ancient city had a major fishmarket (ageratum?), of which the remains are still existent, and also a couple of theatres etc etc.

The major defences were destroyed when the city was sacked by Lysander in about 415BC.

Following these, there are Romanesque remains, including a house with fantastic mosaic floors.

Later in history, and on top of them, there are the Byzantine remains, which include the castle and church on the top of the headland, and the guard tower at the harbour entrance. It’s easy to imagine this place in millennia past, with the harbour full of business, and the chains across to protect the entrance from invaders.

But the modern day Iassos (or Asin Liman as it is now known) is a very sleepy little place with chickens wandering the streets, and is as Cheap as Chips.

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Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : There are also Romanesque remains, including a house with fantastic mosaic floors. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Ruins of ancient Iasos (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Some of the many remains of ancient Iasos - just waiting to be discovered. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Ruins of Ancient Iasos (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Ancient Iasos - ruins of the fishmarket I believe.

Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Later in history, and on top of all previous, there are the Byzantine remains, which include the castle and church on the top of the headland, and the guard tower at the harbour entrance. It’s easy to imagine this place in millennia past, with the harbour full of business, and the chains stretched across to protect the entrance from invaders.

Iasos
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain : Arriving at ancient Iasos (2 comments)

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Ancient city of Iasos rises out of the ashes by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 02 October 2013
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Muğla’s ancient city of Iasos is effectively rising from the ashes of the Thera volcano thanks to new discoveries. Italian archaeologists, who have been working in the area for half a century, have found crucial data about the region’s history.

Archaeologists working on Iasos on Turkey’s Aegean coast have recently discovered that the ancient city was buried under a mountain of ash caused by the explosion of Mt. Thera on Santorini 3,600 years ago.

Excavation works have also revealed a sewage system that was in place in the 4,000-year-old city and tunnels to the city’s theater.

Excavations are being carried out by the world-famous Italian archaeology team of Studi Delle Tuscia University. The head of the excavations, Professor Marcello Spanu, is working with assistant archaeologists Emanuele Borgia and Şevki Bardakçı, Culture and Tourism Ministry official Selvet Karamahmut, 28 other Italian archaeologists, as well as university students who have recently unearthed new historic sites within the ancient city.

Spanu said columns that were found one meter underground provided vital information about the history of the city. “Following the explosion of the volcano Thera, which also caused the destruction of the Minoan civilization on the islands of Crete and Santorini, the ancient city was covered with ash and remained so for a while.

This is why its sewage system and tunnels to the ancient theater did not change. At the end of the excavation and restoration works, for which we spend nearly 100,000 Turkish Liras annually, I am sure that this place will be Turkey’s largest, as well as one of its most important, archeoparks,” Spanu said.

Plans to attract more tourists

But Bardakçı, the deputy head of the excavations and an official from the Mediterranean Civilizations Research Institute, lamented the poor state of the promotion of Iasos, as well as the historic and cultural heritage of the surrounding Kıyıkışlacık village, while noting that they would undertake new endeavors to draw in more visitors.

He said the excavation and restoration works had shed light on historic artifacts across a vast area and succeeded in providing key data about the region’s past.

“As a result of works that will be carried out in the agora, the Artemis and Astias holy area, the Zeus Mefistos area, the mosaic house, the acropolis, the western port castle and the port, which was constructed between 1481 and 1522, the region will become one of the richest ancient cities in terms of cultural heritage. We have prepared the exact location and a digital map of the ancient city with satellite photos. When the project is done, we expect that tourists will rush to the area. As of next year, we will be in negotiations with travel agencies and tour operators to promote Iasos by way of daily boat tours and jeep safaris,” Bardakçı said.

Source: Hürriyet
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    Re: Ancient city of Iasos rises out of the ashes by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 02 October 2013
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    Also a more in-depth look at a possible pre-Thera eruption Minoan settlement at Iasos - Minoans at Iasos? by Nicoletta Momigliano.
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