Amorium

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Homer Archaeological Guides: 5
Amorium
These archaeological guides are writteri by well known archaeologists with the thought that they might euoke the spirit of these places for those ujho are interested in remains of Anatoliari ciuilizations. Illustrated with beautiful photographs, equipped with helpful plans and drawings, they are essential to travellers to Turkey.
In 1836 William Hamilton i'dentified the site of Amorium and provided the first description of the ancient ruins.
"We reached the deserted and dreary site ofiuhat was once a populous city Near the centre of the ualley in which the ruins are situated is an insulated hill about halfa mile in circumference, on which may still be traced a portion ofthe walls of an Acropolis The principal part of the town is to the S. and S.U/. ofthe Acropolis These ruins appear chiefly to date from the early Byzantine or Christian period , marking the existence ofone of those large and important toiuns which were destroyed in this... Tovább

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Homer Archaeological Guides: 5
Amorium
These archaeological guides are writteri by well known archaeologists with the thought that they might euoke the spirit of these places for those ujho are interested in remains of Anatoliari ciuilizations. Illustrated with beautiful photographs, equipped with helpful plans and drawings, they are essential to travellers to Turkey.
In 1836 William Hamilton i'dentified the site of Amorium and provided the first description of the ancient ruins.
"We reached the deserted and dreary site ofiuhat was once a populous city Near the centre of the ualley in which the ruins are situated is an insulated hill about halfa mile in circumference, on which may still be traced a portion ofthe walls of an Acropolis The principal part of the town is to the S. and S.U/. ofthe Acropolis These ruins appear chiefly to date from the early Byzantine or Christian period , marking the existence ofone of those large and important toiuns which were destroyed in this part ofAsia Minor by the irruptions ofthe Saracens and the Seljukian monarchs oflconium."
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Much of what Hamilton described has now disappeared, but since 1988 the Amorium Excavations Project has been able to reveal other ruins that testify to the accuracy of his assessment of Amorium ás an important Román and Byzantine city. This guidebook aims to give an interim account of the on-going excavations and set the site in its proper historical corítext. Vissza