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Rock ArtSite Name: Mount Latmos Alternative Name: Beşparmak Dağları
Country: Turkey Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Milas  Nearest Village: Gölyaka
Latitude: 37.486224N  Longitude: 27.548239E
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
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 4 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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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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Mount Latmos
Mount Latmos submitted by davidmorgan : Cave paintings at Mount Latmos. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Turkey

Cave paintings dating from around 6000 BCE under a rock on the slopes of Mount Latmos.

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Mount Latmos submitted by davidmorgan : Under a rock in a gulley on the slopes of Mount Latmos. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mount Latmos submitted by davidmorgan : More detail of this rock art. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mount Latmos submitted by davidmorgan : This appears to be a character dancing. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mount Latmos submitted by davidmorgan : The whole panel of this cave painting. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Project to introduce Latmos rock paintings to world by davidmorgan on Monday, 26 October 2020
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An international promotional project has been initiated for Latmos rock paintings, which date back to the Neolithic Age and are one of Turkey’s most cherished historical heritage, as they are not recognized internationally enough.

The rock paintings adorning Mount Latmos, where the ancient Carian Trail passes, which is believed to be one of the oldest roads in the world, carry the message of brotherhood of the ancient people to this day.

Nearly 180 rock paintings in various caves on the road between Aydın and Muğla attract history enthusiasts from different countries of the world every year.

The art and promotion project with the theme “Brotherhood Message from Latmos to the World in the 21st Century” was initiated in order to introduce the paintings to the world as a human heritage. Within the scope of the project, rock paintings will be drawn on a 10-meter-long canvas that will be created by painter Ahmet Dilek. Academics, archaeologists and painters, who will be invited from various countries of the world, will leave their footprints on the canvas.

The canvas with footprints and rock paintings will be presented to art lovers in exhibitions and fairs in different countries of the world.

A tour was recently organized to a cave located within the borders of Aydın’s Söke district to promote the project, which is carried out in cooperation with Aydın and Muğla Governor’s offices and Adnan Menderes University (ADU).

During the tour guided by Bahattin Sürücü, the president of the Ecosystem Conservation and Nature Lovers Association (EKODOSD), the participants received information about the ancient rock paintings.

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Unique rock paintings reveal traces of prehistoric human settlement in Anatolia by davidmorgan on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Submitted by coldrum in 2007:

On the shores of Lake Bafa in southwest Turkey, prehistoric rock paintings found on Mt. Latmos in the Five Fingers Mountains have been classified as unique anthropological works because of their use of language and social themes.

Archaeologist Annelise Peschlow has been conducting a survey of the area, the ancient city of Miletusare, since 1974 as part of the Latmos Project to find early traces of human settlements in the area. The city's evolution extended from prehistoric times to the Ottoman era. She found the first rock paintings in 1994.

According to her, the rock paintings found on Mt. Latmos were a significant discovery because they provided unique insight into the prehistoric culture of Anatolia.

There are numerous rock paintings in the world. However, those in Mt. Latmos are unique in terms of their language and theme. The rock paintings discovered in Western Europe featured mainly animal figures as well as war and hunting scenes whereas the representation of family and mother-child figures are the principal motives in the rock paintings found on Mt. Latmos. There are no hunting scenes or scenes from nomadic life here. They also don't focus on the individual but show man in a social context, emphasizing social life.

I found the paintings featured on the rocks of Mt. Latmos to be unique piece of artwork when I compared them to those found in western Europe, Peschlow said in a Tuesday press conference promoting the exhibition titled Prehistoric Rock Paintings which will open on Wednesday in the State Painting and Sculpture Museum in Ankara.

Sponsored by the Berlin-based German Archaeology Institute and Koç Holding, the exhibition, which is the culmination of five years of work, marks the beginning of the German term presidency of the European Union and features over 80 rock paintings as well as graphical works.

Peschlow said so far they had found 170 rock paintings dating back to 6,000 B.C. in the region, which also offered a wide array of traces of human settlements which began in prehistoric times and continue through the Middle Ages in western Anatolia.

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