<< Our Photo Pages >> Sam'al - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey
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Multi-periodSite Name: Sam'al Alternative Name: Samal, Zincirli HöyükCountry: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 9.363 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Osmaniye Nearest Village: Zincirli
Latitude: 37.101420N Longitude: 36.678813E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The site was excavated from 1888 to 1902 by a German Oriental Society expedition. They found a heavily fortified teardrop-shaped citadel, which was surrounded by the town and a further perimeter wall. Among the notable objects found at the site are five giant statues of lions stone carved, which apparently guarded the gates of the city, but were apparently buried together within the citadel. Several of these are in the Berlin Pergamon Museum.
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