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Multi-periodSite Name: Stratonikeia Alternative Name: Stratoniceia, Idrias, Chrysaoris
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Yatağan  Nearest Village: Eskihisar
Latitude: 37.309923N  Longitude: 28.064710E
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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Bouleuterion at Stratoniceia. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient city in Muğla Province, Turkey. Originally a 5th century BCE Carian city named Idrias, it was supposedly founded as Stratoniceia by the Seleucid King Antiochus I in about 265 BCE and named after his wife, Stratonice.

In the late 3rd century BCE the Rhodians took it over until 167 BCE when Caria was declared a free state by the Romans. Yet they still revolted against the Romans in 130 BCE under the king Aristonicus based here.

Note: History revived in the ancient city
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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : A newer image of the theatre after recent restoration. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Roman theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The walls of the bouleuterion. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : Panoramic view of the theatre from the front. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Colonnaded Street leading to the North Gate. Some nice mosaics have recently been discovered along the side of this street.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Roman theatre from the front.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : Another view of the temple.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Augustus.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The North Gate.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : The Gymnasium.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : I think this is the entrance to the baths.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : A portal in a field at Stratonikeia.

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Stratonikeia submitted by davidmorgan : Mosaics in the floor of the fountain pool by the north gate.

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Conference reveals many secrets in ancient city of Stratonikeia by davidmorgan on Thursday, 28 November 2013
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A conference in Muğla brings together academics. Head of the excavations at Stratonikeia Ancient City Professor Bilal Söğüt said Stratonikeia hides many artifacts and traces from the Ottoman, Roman, and Byzantium eras.

The head of the Stratonikeia Ancient City excavations, Professor Bilal Söğüt, said Stratonikeia was home to many civilizations in the past, and therefore the site contained many artifacts and traces from the Ottoman, Roma, Byzantium eras. Söğüt attended the conference “Stratonikeia, from Ancient times to Present” at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Mediterranean Research and Application Center (AKMEDAM). In his speech Söğüt said they had started the excavation works in Karia area’s inner parts in 2008.

Noting that they had been continuing the research in the city, Söğüt said they had erected many important buildings and parts of the city. Söğüt said some of the artifacts had already been sent to museums and the broken stones were sent to the Stone Hospitals to be fixed. There is no other ancient city like Stratonikeia, said Söğüt, adding the city has Ottoman era stones on its roads and that’s why it is very important.

The conservation is still continuing, he said. “The mosaics in the ancient city are very important. An exclusive team is working on this.”

This year the Imperial Temple is being unearthed using a 3D method, he said.

He said works in the area of the Temple of Emperors unearthed structures like a Roman bath, a temple, a Seljuk mosque and a Turkish house.

“We knew that a 2,600-year-old place of worship existed here. Research has determined that the Augustus Temple was built here,” he said, adding the temple found during the excavations dated back 2,000 years ago.

He added that some of the sculpture-like artifacts found in excavations were being housed in museums. “There were some sculptures in the temple. This is why ceremonies were held inside and around the temple. These ceremonies show that this area was [deemed] holy. But earthquakes occurred in this era and the temple, as well as many other structures, was ruined. Many of these structures could not have been revamped after the earthquakes, especially the one in 360. We found the temple’s columns,” Söğüt said.

When the work is done and the structures are restored, visitors will be able to see many structural elements in the ancient city, he said. “We restored the temple using a 3D method. Visitors see the temple in 3D and receive information about it. We restored one of the structures in the ancient city with the 3D method every year. In this way, visitors get the same excitement with us when they visit here,” Söğüt said.

Archaeological excavations in Stratonikeia, which is one of the world’s largest marble cities, commenced in 2008 and have taken place every year for nine months with a team of nine people.

Source: Hürriyet
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Imperial Temple in Stratonikeia ancient city being restored by davidmorgan on Thursday, 31 October 2013
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Works are continuing in Muğla’s ancient city of Stratonikeia and the structures in the ancient city, including the Imperial Temple, are being restored using a unique 3D method for visitors to get more info.

The Imperial Temple in the ancient city of Stratonikeia, in the western province of Muğla’s Yatağan district, is being unearthed using a 3D method.

The head of the excavations in the ancient city, Professor Bilal Söğüt said they had been working to restore the important structures in the city and had discovered significant data every year. He said works in the area of the Temple of Emperors unearthed structures like a Roman bath, a temple, a Seljuk mosque and a Turkish house.

Söğüt said artifacts from every era from the Byzantine to Roman and the Ottoman had been unearthed during the excavations. “We knew that a 2,600-year-old place of worship existed here. Research has determined that the Augustus Temple was built here,” he said, adding the temple found during the excavations dated back 2,000 years ago.

He added that some of the sculpture-like artifacts found in excavations were being held in museums. “There were some sculptures in the temple. This is why ceremonies were held inside and around the temple. These ceremonies show that this area was [deemed] holy. But earthquakes occurred in this era and the temple, as well as many other structures, was ruined. Many of these structures could not have been revamped after the earthquakes, especially the one in 360. We found the temple’s columns,” Söğüt said.

When the work is done and the structures are restored, visitors will be able to see many structural elements in the ancient city, he said. “We restored the temple using a 3D method. Visitors see the temple in 3D and receive information about it. We restored one of the structures in the ancient city with the 3D method every year. In this way, visitors get the same excitement with us when they visit here,” Söğüt said.

Archaeological excavations in Stratonikeia, which is one of the world’s largest marble cities, commenced in 2008 and have taken place every year for nine months with a team of nine people.

Excavations continue to be carried out while conservation work on the theater, gymnasium, Roman baths, the Augustus and Imperial Temple are still ongoing. Meanwhile, broken ancient stones are being documented by archaeologists and kept for future generations with work carried out in the “Stone Hospital.”

Source: Hürriyet
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Stratonikeia - History revived in ancient city by davidmorgan on Friday, 31 May 2013
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The ancient city of Stratonikeia is home to a new festival. As part of the festival, Italian and Turkish students gather in the city to revive the past.

History is being resurrected with a new program of the Provincial Education Directorship. The project, which focuses on discovering history and culture under the title of “Those who do not know history cannot know the future,” is taking place in collaboration with the Comenius Regional partnership project. The project has organized a festival named “Archetory Festival.”

The festival has hosted Pamukkale University students at archeological sites such as Muğla’s Stratonikeia and Lagina Ancient cities. Students of the archeology department have walked along the sacred road, which is 3,000 years old and nine kilometers long. The students revived an ancient tradition in doing so.

Students entered Stratonikeia from the North City door and Italian representatives of the project walked through the stone roads of the city. All of them gathered at the amphitheater.

The students gave the keys to the city to Yatağan Mayor Hasan Haşmet Işık.

Işık also spoke at the opening of the festival and said: “Yatağan has many cultural values and they need to be presented to the world.” Noting that the friendships that were made years ago were now being revived again, he said they were very happy about it.

The manager of the provincial education directorship Zekriya Çınar said the project’s events began in 2011 and developed a lot over two years. The project’s aim is to support the sharing of information on culture between the two countries.

Noting that the Stratonikeia site had been determined as the working area of the project, Çınar said: “This is a good way to make this ancient city more popular in the international and the national arena.”
With this project the city and the area will also be presented, and the students will learn the history, he added.

Sacred road

It is possible to find traces of culture and civilization dating back over 3,000 years, added Bilal Söğüt, the excavation president.

The world’s largest marble city, the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the Aegean province of Muğla’s Yatağan district, is expected to be included in the temporary list of UNESCO world heritage sites.

The head of excavations at the ancient city and Pamukkale University Professor Bilal Söğüt said Stratonikeia, one of the most important cities in the Caria region, was a settlement of Carians and Lelegs, both local Anatolian populations, and also survived as a settlement during the Hellenistic, Byzantine, Ottoman and Republican periods.

Söğüt said they unearthed significant artifacts during the archaeological excavations every year. “This is a living archaeological city. It is unique. There is no other city where structures have survived as a whole since the ancient period. This is why the city should be listed as a cultural heritage site. We will finish the work this year and deliver the necessary forms to the General Directorate of Museums,” he said.

The students and representatives walked between Lagine and Stratonikeia. One of the Italian partners of the project, Sophie Canteneur, said they had participated in the project with 11 people.

Source: Hürriyet.
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Stratonikeia eyes UNESCO list by davidmorgan on Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Archaeological excavations have been continuing in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Muğla. Once the work is completed, the ancient city could be added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The world’s largest marble city, the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the Aegean province of Muğla’s Yatağan district, is expected to be included on the temporary list of UNESCO world heritage sites.

The head of excavations at the ancient city and Pamukkale University Professor Bilal Söğüt said Stratonikeia, one of the most important cities in the Caria region, was a settlement of Carians and Lelegs, both local Anatolian populations, and also survived as a settlement during the Hellenistic, Byzantine, Ottoman and Republican period.

Söğüt said they unearth significant artifacts during the archaeological excavations every year. “This is a living archaeological city. It is unique. There is no other city where structures have survived as a whole since the ancient period. This is why the city should be listed as a cultural heritage site. We will finish the work this year and deliver the necessary forms to the General Directorate of Museums.”

Söğüt said that the latest excavations had begun in Stratonikeia in June 2012 with the participation of 50 academics and students from eight universities as well as 40 workers.

He said that each academic carried out work in his own area of expertise, mainly in the ancient theater, gymnasium, basilica, graves and city walls. “Structures from different periods in the ancient city were restored for visits. Greek, Latin and Ottoman scriptures can be seen on the same structure together. The city is culturally rich in this sense,” he added.

Söğüt said that 725 artifacts had been found during 2012 excavations and all of them had been conserved and restored. “225 of these pieces can directly go on view. All discussions regarding restoration work have been completed and the artifacts were delivered to the Muğla Museum. The strong columns that were found in the western street were revived. Looking at this 10-meter wide street is enough to understand the magnificence of Stratonikeia.”

Söğüt said the theater in the city had been built with a temple. “Stratonikeia is one of the places where the theater and temple relation can be seen the best. The theater, which has a capacity of 15,000 people, has been excavated and conservations work has been finished. The most perfect sewage system of the ancient era has been found in the theater. We are very pleased because it is in good enough condition to be used even today.”

Söğüt also said that the restoration of the Hasan Şar House inside the ancient city would be completed this year with a financial allocation from the Muğla Governor’s Office.

Source: Hurriyet.
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Sacred spring found in Stratonikeia ancient city in Turkey by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 31 August 2010
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From coldrum:

Archeologists have discovered a sacred spring in an ancient city in western Turkey.

The head of the excavation team, Professor Ahmet Tirpan, told reporters on Friday that they had unearthed a sacred spring, providing water to the sacred fountain" in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Yatagan town of the western province of Mugla.

The archaic city of Stratonikeia was established in the 3rd century BC. The acropolis of the city is at the top of a mountain in the south.

In 1993, the archaeological excavation and the restoration works were re - started under the control of the Mugla Museum Directorate and the consultancy of an architect-archeologist Ahmet Tirpan.

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