The Results of The Recent Excavations at Domuztepe

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Volume:16 Issue:62
The Results of The Recent Excavations at Domuztepe

The Results of The Recent Excavations at Domuztepe

Authors : U Bahadır ALKIM

Pages : 238-250

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Publication Date : 1952-04-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The citadel of Domuztepe, which lies in a key position in eastern Cilicia at the foot of the Anti-Taurus mountains on the road going up to Cappadocia, is directly opposite the fortress of Karatepe which has a strategic importance equal to that of Domuztepe. It is furthermore on a natural thickly wooded hill on the eastern bank of the Ceyhan River insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pyramus);. It was here that the Karatepe Expedition, conducted by Professor Bossert, under the auspices of the Turkish Historical Society, the Turkish Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums and Istanbul University, carried out its first investigations in 1947 and further soundings in 1948. From these we have learned that there was a settlement here contemporary with King Asitawainsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n);da-s of Karatepe insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asitawandawa);, in the eighth century B. C, and also later settlements in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Keywords : Domuztepe, Hellenistic and Roman periods, stanbul University, Turkish Historical Society

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