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Submitted by davidmorgan on Friday, 11 December 2015  Page Views: 2624

Rock ArtSite Name: Alem Rock Art
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 12.276 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kars  Nearest Village: Alem
Latitude: 40.427528N  Longitude: 43.508426E
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
4 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
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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
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Alem Rock Art
Alem Rock Art submitted by davidmorgan : Alem Rock Art Photo from Hürriyet Daily News (Vote or comment on this photo)
Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in Kars Province, Turkey

Note: Rock paintings in Turkey are to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO, see the latest comment on our page
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Alem Rock Art
Alem Rock Art submitted by davidmorgan : Alem Rock Art Photo from Hürriyet Daily News (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alem Rock Art
Alem Rock Art submitted by davidmorgan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ani’s rock paintings belong to humanity by davidmorgan on Thursday, 10 December 2015
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Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in Kars will play a significant role for the area to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO, according to officials.

The head of the Culture and Arts Association in the eastern province of Kars, Vedat Akçayöz, has said the registration of 15 rock paintings discovered around the Alem village, some 11 kilometers away from the ancient city of Ani on the Turkish-Armenian border, has been sent to the Museum Directorate, adding the hope was to have the entire area added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

Akçayöz said the 15 rock paintings carved on the rocks depicted hunting scenes with horses, dogs, mountain goats, deer and humans.

He said that upon their application, Kars Museum Director Necmettin Alp, Culture and Tourism Provincial Director Hakan Doğançay and Board of Protection of Cultural Property Director Yasin Dursun had begun works to register the Prehistoric-era rock paintings.

Akçayöz said they had asked for the region to be declared an archaeological site, adding they hoped the ancient city of Ani and its environment would be included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2016.

Stating that the association had been supporting Kars’ culture and arts for 15 years, Akçayöz said the following:

“2016 will be a very important year for the future of Ani, Kars and Turkish tourism. The Alem village is home to 15 rock paintings that have never been examined and belong to humanity. The importance of this discovery is that Ani and its environment dates back thousands of years older than we had known. Therefore the inns, rock tombs and settlements around the ancient city of Ani should be declared an archaeological site as a whole. Works have started in the rock tombs. On Nov. 24, a committee including the museum director, archaeologist and art historians coordinated to collect the data for registration. These rock paintings will play a significant role for the ruins of Ani to be included in the UNESCO list in 2016.”

The ancient Ani was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Ani is protected on its eastern side by a ravine formed by the Akhurian River and on its western side by the Bostanlar or Tzaghkotzadzor Valley. The Akhurian is a branch of the Aras River and forms part of the current border between Turkey and Armenia.

Source: Hürriyet
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    Re: Ani’s rock paintings belong to humanity by Martin_L on Friday, 11 December 2015
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    Wonderful rock art.
    "rock paintings carved on the rocks" . i wonder if this is a translation error in Hürriyet's English online article or if they really mixed it up.
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    Re: Ani’s rock paintings belong to humanity by davidmorgan on Friday, 11 December 2015
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    Yes, Martin, I was wondering about that. I'm guessing there are both. I'll find out one day - it's now on my to-do list of sites in Turkey.
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      Re: Ani’s rock paintings belong to humanity by Martin_L on Friday, 11 December 2015
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      Would be great. Looking forward for your descriptions/Photos. Yes, apparently there are previously recorded rock carvings, but the new discoveries seemingly are paintings or they really confused the terms. Which of course happens frequently in the non-scientific press nowadays. So you have to go there quickly :)
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