Artefacts unearthed during excavations in the ancient Graeco-Roman city of Sagalassos in the southern province of Burdur’s Ağlasun district will be exhibited in Belgium, according to cultural authorities.
The exhibition, titled “Sagalassos: City of Dreams,” will start Oct. 25, 2011, and continue until June 17, 2012.
“The remains will be exhibited in the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, the oldest city in Belgium. There will be 238 works in the exhibition,” Burdur Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Tanır said in a written statement.
The exhibition will include, scripts, sculptures, a frieze of dancing girls, oil lamps, rings, pots, women’s portraits and eye drop bottles, Tanır said.
The artefacts help promote Turkey in foreign countries, the official said.
Burdur has more than 25 ancient cities, and it is very important to promote the area around the world, said Tanır.
Noting that it is a must to take advantage of Burdur’s cultural heritage, Tanır said the unearthed artefacts and works of art would help introduce the southern province to outsiders.
The exhibition will also include sculptures of emperors Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian; the artefacts were previously displayed in an exhibition titled “Empires in Istanbul: From Hittite to Ottoman,” in Istanbul.
Researchers have also uncovered traces of Ottoman settlements in Sagalassos in recent excavations. The findings have revealed that the ancient city was abandoned after the 13th century.
During the excavations in the upper part of the old Ağlasun-Isparta highway structures, ceramics and metal tools from the Ottoman period were found.
These findings show that a settlement existed at Sagalassos in the Ottoman period and continued until the 18th century, experts said, adding that this showed a new dimension to the ancient city.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [September 08, 2011]
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“The remains will be exhibited in the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, the oldest city in Belgium. There will be 238 works in the exhibition,” Burdur Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Tanır said in a written statement.
The exhibition will include, scripts, sculptures, a frieze of dancing girls, oil lamps, rings, pots, women’s portraits and eye drop bottles, Tanır said.
The artefacts help promote Turkey in foreign countries, the official said.
Burdur has more than 25 ancient cities, and it is very important to promote the area around the world, said Tanır.
Noting that it is a must to take advantage of Burdur’s cultural heritage, Tanır said the unearthed artefacts and works of art would help introduce the southern province to outsiders.
The exhibition will also include sculptures of emperors Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian; the artefacts were previously displayed in an exhibition titled “Empires in Istanbul: From Hittite to Ottoman,” in Istanbul.
Researchers have also uncovered traces of Ottoman settlements in Sagalassos in recent excavations. The findings have revealed that the ancient city was abandoned after the 13th century.
During the excavations in the upper part of the old Ağlasun-Isparta highway structures, ceramics and metal tools from the Ottoman period were found.
These findings show that a settlement existed at Sagalassos in the Ottoman period and continued until the 18th century, experts said, adding that this showed a new dimension to the ancient city.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [September 08, 2011]