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<< Our Photo Pages >> Temple of Men Askaenos - Ancient Temple in Turkey

Submitted by AlexHunger on Friday, 07 May 2021  Page Views: 10477

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Temple of Men Askaenos Alternative Name: Antioch in Pisidia
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Yalvaç
Latitude: 38.288700N  Longitude: 31.221200E
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 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
0No data.
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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
0no data
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Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by davidmorgan : Inside the Temple of Men. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Temple of Men Askaenos dates from the middle of the 2nd century BCE. It is situated on a hill 3.5 km south east of Pisidian Antioch and modern Yalvaç in Isparta Province, Turkey. It measures 25 by 13 metres and originally had 11 by 6 Ionic columns.
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Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by durhamnature : The Hall of Initiation in the Sanctuary of Men Askaenos at Antioch. From page 376 of the Annual of the British School at Athens No. XVIII (1911-1912). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by durhamnature : The Hall of Initiation in the Sanctuary of Men Askaenos at Antioch. From page 376 of the Annual of the British School at Athens No. XVIII (1911-1912). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Men at Pisidian Antioch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by durhamnature : The Hall of Initiation in the Sanctuary of Men Askaenos at Antioch. From page 376 of the Annual of the British School at Athens No. XVIII (1911-1912). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by davidmorgan : The temple in its precinct.

Temple of Men Askaenos
Temple of Men Askaenos submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Men at Pisidian Antioch. (1 comment)

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Mass grave found in the ancient city of Pisidia Antiocheia by davidmorgan on Friday, 23 August 2013
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Excavations that have been continuing for four years in the ancient city of Pisidia Antiocheia in the southern province of Isparta’s Yalvaç district have revealed a second well containing the remains of six people.

Last month, the excavation discovered a mass grave of five people in a well on the ancient city’s Cardo Maximus Street.

Along with the six human bodies, a pig jaw was also found in the well-shaped hole inside a Roman villa with a pool in its garden.

Süleyman Demirel University Archaeology Department head Mehmet Özhanlı said they were very surprised that they had found two mass graves in one excavation season. “While our works have been continuing on the western side of Cardo Maximus Street, we found five skeletons in a well in a structure. This time we found a well-shaped structure in a Roman house. There were six human skulls and a pig jaw. We have determined that the murdered people were randomly thrown into the well,” Özhanlı said.

Source: Hürriyet
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Ancient city made to measure by davidmorgan on Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Excavations at the ancient city of Pisidia Antiocheia in southern Turkey have revealed that the original inhabitants used a large degree of city planning and that the location might have been one of the first in the area to build according to a grid model.

Archaeologists digging up the past in the southern province of Isparta are slowly revealing an ancient city whose well-developed sense of urban planning seems to have served as a model for subsequent conurbations.

“The ancient city [of Pisidia Antiocheia] is positioned on two main rectangular streets that cut each other vertically, which is called Hippodamic town planning,” the head of the excavations at the ancient city and the head of the Archaeology Department of Süleyman Demirel University, Mehmet Özhanlı, recently told Anatolia news agency, adding that it was positioned on a slope overlooking the west.

“Aqueducts were also established in the city to meet water needs. The city was established on seven hills just like Istanbul. The temple of the city’s greatest god was built on the highest hill. The main streets of the city intersect on a north-south, east-west basis. Public buildings were built at certain points on these streets,” he said.

Hippodamic town planning was subsequently deployed in the construction of cities in Europe and the Americas.
Özhanlı said Pisidia Antiocheia was one of the largest cities in the era and added that it had been constructed with regards to the origin of possible enemy attacks, agricultural and stock breeding areas, water resources and wind direction.

The professor also said they had discovered two-meter-deep sewage system under all the streets in the city.

Sewage system
“This sewage system network exists in all the main streets and side streets. When it rains, your shoes do not get wet because the ground of all streets is covered with 1.5-meter-high stones. There were also sidewalks. None of the buildings blocked the light of any other building. All shops in the city were the same size,” he said, hailing what he called “perfect town planning.” Özhanlı also said the inhabitants of the ancient city had enjoyed “full democracy.”

Pisidia Antiocheia also featured a stadium with a capacity of 15,000, as well as a temple, an assembly building and other public buildings. “All these are necessary for a place to be recognized as a city in the ancient era. We have so far unearthed them, even though we have excavated only 5 percent of the city,” he said.

“We believe that our excavations will make great contributions to Turkey’s cultural and structural value in the next 10 years,” the professor said.

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