Anatolia
This category deals with an area that is more or less identical to modern Turkey, prior to, say, Alexander the Great.
There are 566 items in Anatolia:
Cybele
Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη): Anatolian mother goddess, also worshipped in Greece and the Roman Empire. Ostia, Statue of Cybele The Great Mother was the…Darius of Pontus
Darius: king of Pontus (r.39-37 BCE).The kingdom of Pontus, once a powerful state in Anatolia, had come to an end: its king Mithridates VI Eupator had waged endless wars, but had been defeated by the Roman commanders Lucullus and Pompey…Dascylium (Ergili)
Dascylium: capital of the Persian satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia, modern Ergili. Dascylium from the east Dascylium, situated to the southeast of Lake…
Dascylium, Acropolis |
Dascylium, Acropolis, wall |
Dascylium, Frieze of women on horseback |
Dascylium, Long funerary stele |
Dascylium, Long funerary stele, detail: chariot |
Dascylium, Long funerary stele, Inscription |
Dascylium, Relief of a Magian venerating the fire |
Dascylium, Relief of two Magians sacrificing a sheep and a bull |
Dascylium, Short funerary stele |