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<< Other Photo Pages >> Beycegiz Tumulus - Chambered Tomb in Turkey

Submitted by davidmorgan on Friday, 07 August 2015  Page Views: 3754

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Beycegiz Tumulus Alternative Name: Beyceğiz Tümülüsü
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 11.648 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Polatlı  Nearest Village: Beyceğiz
Latitude: 39.671013N  Longitude: 32.111890E
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Beycegiz Tumulus submitted by dodomad : A Phrygian tumulus containing a wooden tomb dating from the 8th century BCE. 100 metres in diameter and 17 metres in height. Photo credit: AA Photos (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Phrygian tumulus in Ankara Province, Turkey, which contains a wooden tomb dating from the 8th century BCE. It is 100 metres in diameter and 17 metres in height.

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Tomb of Phrygian king to shed light on history by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 05 August 2015
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A wooden tomb, which has been unearthed in the ancient city of Gordion, the capital of Phrygia, in Ankara’s Polatlı district, will shed light on the history of the region, according to officials.

Professor Charles Brian Rose, the head of the Gordion ancient city excavations and an anthropologist from the University of Pennsylvania, said the new tumulus which had been found during illegal excavations by treasure hunters in the Beyşehir neighborhood was 17 meters in height and a significant tomb of a Phrygian king.

Rose said technical examinations revealed it was the second wooden tomb of a Phrygian king ever found in the world.

“According to examinations, it is a Phrygian tumulus from the eighth century B.C. It is a very big tumulus. Salvage excavations to be carried out here are very important in terms of revealing the real history. It is in the same type and dates back to the same period with the Midas tumulus that has been previously found in Gordion. Inside of the tumulus is a wooden burial chamber,” he said.

Rose said the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations would begin excavations to reach the burial chamber and uncover the tumulus.

“We estimate that a very important personality is buried here. When the work is done, I believe we will reach very significant data and the tomb of an important Phrygian king,” he said.

In 2014 and 2015, the Ankara General Directorate of Cultural and Natural Heritage did fieldwork in 135 spots in eight rural neighborhoods in and around the Gordion ancient city, according to Rose. “With the 21newly discovered tumulus, the number of tumulus increased to 124. Also, three mounds and a new castle have been registered,” he added.

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