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Kocagür Phrygian Inscription

Inscription HP-02:A 3-line Old Phrygian inscription on a stone block was found in 2011 in the center of Kocagür village, which is 14 km from ...
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Ankara

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Ancient writer Pausanias, who lived in the 2nd century BCE, claims that the city of Ankara was founded by the Phrygian King Midas. Although the ...

Deliklitaş

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Deliklitaş Monument is located on the Harmancık road near Köprücek village, 13 km west of Tavşanlı in Kütahya province. It was built on the southeastern ...

Soğukçam (Germanos)

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This small niche with an inscription is located 2 km south of the Soğukçam (ancient Germanos) village in the Göynük township of Bolu province. It ...

Kalehisar (Karahisar)

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It is an altar located on Kalehisar (or Karahisar) Hill, 4 km north of Alacahöyük, Çorum. The altar consists of two parts. The higher section ...

Boğazkale (Boğazköy)

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Hattusa (Boğazkale, formerly Boğazköy), the capital of the Hittites, was used as a Phrygian settlement in the Iron Age. The most important monument found in ...

Kerkenes

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The settlement was founded by the Phrygians in the 7th century on the Kerkenes Mountain to the northwest of the Şahmuratlı village in the Sorgun ...

Faharet Çeşme Twin Idol

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The twin idol stele was found as reused in a fountain called Faharet Çeşme (Faharet Fountain) near Yukarı Yurtçu Village in Ankara. It was first ...

Idol of Sincan

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It is a twin idol embossed on an andesite rock. It was found in 1999 by the villagers near Tatlar village in Sincan, Ankara and ...

Dümrek Altars

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There are a dozen rock altars identified at the site known as Kalebaşı, 1 km east of Dümrek village in Mihalıççık district of Eskişehir. The ...

Gordion (Yassıhöyük)

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The city of Gordion, capital of the Phrygian Kingdom, is located 94 km west of Ankara, next to Yassıhöyük village, 29 km northwest of Polatlı. ...

Ankara

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Kerkenes

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