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Multi-periodSite Name: Heraion-Teikhos Alternative Name: Heraion Teichos
Country: Turkey
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Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tekirdağ  Nearest Village: Karaevli
Latitude: 41.004974N  Longitude: 27.689819E
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Thracian civilization being unearthed by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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Excavations to be carried out in the ancient city of Heraion-Teikhos, which has traces of the Thracian civilization, in Süleymanpaşa district of the northwestern province of Tekirdağ, aim to reveal the health and cult centers of the Thracians.

Headed by Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University (NKU) Head of Archaeology Department Professor Neşe Atik, the works that have been continuing since 2000 in the ancient city, also known as “Hera,” located in the Karaevli neighborhood.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Atik said that Thrace was home to many different civilizations but has more traces of the Thracian civilization.

Stating that Turkey is the meeting point of civilizations, Atik said that as a result of any excavation work, this situation becomes more apparent.

She said that the excavations in Tekirdağ gave information about the Thracians’ medical methods and religious beliefs.

“Even the first excavations showed us that this is a very interesting ancient city. This is a settlement belonging to the Thracian civilization. One can say that the current excavation is the one and only Thracian city excavation in Turkey. Our excavations showed us that there was a very important cult center here. The first is the ‘Hera-Kybele Cult Area,’ which gives the city its name, and the second is health-related, an area where Asclepius, the god of health, was blessed,” Atik said.

Emphasizing that they found medical instruments belonging to the Thracian period, Atik said, “In this area, we encountered very interesting findings regarding the production of drugs. We found medicine as well as medical instruments such as a hook, spatula, needle, tweezers, ear spoon, double fork. We understand from the products of terracotta that the sick organs were dedicated to the god of health. In the last two years, we have seen traces of a very large structure. It is possible that this is a temple. Perhaps this is a building related to the temple. This year, we aim to illuminate the cult and health center.”

Atik pointed out that they found traces of the castle of Thracian King Kersobleptes during the works.

She stressed that Kersobleptes was the king of the Odessa family in the Thracian kingdom, adding, “He is also the last free king. King Kersobleptes fought with Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, relying on the castle we are now in, and lost this war. The tomb of Kersobleptes is very typical, very splendid, with an original height of 21 meters. There were very rich finds. There are two gold crowns in the Tekirdağ Archaeology Museum. Parts of his dress were found.”
Atik also explained that they found a grave where two people were buried side by side in the excavations.

She said that there were two pits and two terracotta covers on the grave and added, “This is very interesting because ancient writers say Thracian men were polygamous. They say that when a Thracian man died, all his wives wanted to go to the grave with them. Such a grave has never been found before. I asked the colleagues who excavated in the Thracian cities. They said they had never seen a grave like this before.”

She added that the excavations were carried out under the supervision of a representative of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and that they received support from the municipalities.

The Thracians, who were influential in the Balkan region between the Danube region of Romania and Thrace between the sixth and third centuries B.C., are a semi-resident people and did not leave any written sources behind them.

Source: Hürriyet
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Ancient temple unearthed in western Turkey by coldrum on Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Ancient temple unearthed in western Turkey

Ongoing excavations at the Heraion-Teikhos ancient city in the western province of Tekirdağ have unearthed a temple at the city's acropolis. The temple, belonging to the ancient Thracian civilization, was thought to have disappeared in a fire that occurred in 2 BC. The continuing work at the temple has revealed many interesting artworks thus far, the excavation chairwoman says

Many important pieces of art have reportedly been unearthed in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ in a temple previously thought to have been destroyed in a fire in 2 B.C.

The ongoing excavations in the pantheon of the ancient city of Heraion-Teikhos in Tekirdağ’s Karaevlialtı district started this year at the beginning of August, according to the excavation chairwoman, Professor Neşe Atik from Ahi Evran University’s archaeology department.

The excavations, which have been conducted since 2000, have unearthed the ancient Thracian civilization for the first time, Atik said, adding that a team of 40 people, including workers, students, archaeologists and anthropologists, was carrying out the work.

She said that they were working to uncover the temple at the acropolis (the highest hill) of the city. “According to the data we have, we thought that the temple burned down in a fire. We have so far removed statues of gods including Kybele, Eros and Aphrodite as well as bronze coins, amphora and similar pieces from the temple,” she said.

This year’s excavations are continuing in the northeastern part of the city, the professor added, noting that they had found a square tower with two-and-a-half-meter-deep walls, resembling city walls, during the first excavations and had started to uncover the tower. “The tower is a solemn structure. It should be a part of a gate in the northeast. But we have not found the city walls that are connected to this tower. We understand that the walls were built for defense, because this tower is huge,” Atik said, adding that the acropolis covered an area of 300 meters and was surrounded by city walls.

“It is possible to see the continuation of these walls on the coast. Some part of the hill is under protection, just like the tower,” she said.

Dogs killed for good luck

In just one week of work, the temple has yielded very interesting pieces of art, Atik said, noting that dogs were blessed animals in the Thracian civilization. “Dogs were sacrificed for good luck in this period. We saw light yellow spots in the earth when we first started the excavations. And then we found oblation valleys. We found the head of a bull last year, too,” she said, noting that the temple had three different phases.

“According to our research, there had been a holy place here since the 6th century. This magnificent temple was built in the 2nd century,” Atik said. “This temple sheltered many cultures.”

Atik said previous excavations showed that there were different tumulus graves in the northwest part of the acropolis, and they wanted to unearth these graves. “These are extraordinary graves. In this year’s project we want to open one or two undisturbed graves. In this way, we will be able to prove that the Thracian men were buried with their wives, because according to the historian Herodotus, Thracian men had many wives,” she said. “When they died, their wives wanted to be buried with them. A council chose among these wives and these women were buried with their men. But this information has never been confirmed. We need to excavate an undisturbed grave to get definite information.”

The excavations will continue for one month and the area should be set aside to allow the work to continue, Atik added.

Support sought for excavation

Stating that archaeological excavations need a lot of money and patience, Atik said they continued working with the support of t

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