Hierapolis Research Articles

An Echo of Patara and the Xanthus Valley Reflected in Two Works of Caprice by Harry Johnson, Entitled, 'Hierapolis, Asia Minor. and, 'Sardis. Exhibited in 1859

Harry John Johnson’in 1843-1844 arasinda 4 ay suren ve cogunlukla Likya’da bulundugu gezisinin 1859 yilinda Londra’da sergilenen apokaliptik resimlerinde gorulen peyzajlarin kaynagi oldugu anlasiliyor. Bunlardan Incil’den alintilarla isimlendirdigi ikisi, Hierapolis Kucuk Asya, “Kenti balabana verip batakliga cevirecegim, ve, Sardis, “Yasiyorsun diye ad yapmissin ama olusun”. Hindistan’da Ingiliz yonetimine karsi gerceklesen ayaklanma sonlanmadan once sergilenmisti. Resimlerin orjinal isimleri zaman icinde degistirilmistir. Hierapolis, Yunanistan olarak verilmis, bir diger resim Macri 1844 yanlislikla Mukri olarak okunmustur. Fethiye Hasan Pasa Camii’ni konu alan iki ayri resim ise Johnson’un Likya gezisinde gorup kaydettigi imgeleri 1844’de 18 yasinda Londra’ya donusunden 1884’de olumune kadar gecen sure icinde de resmetmeye devam ettigini gostermektedir.

Multi-temporal images and 3D dense models for archaeological site monitoring in Hierapolis of Phrygia (TK)

The archaeological areas are one of the fields in which the contribution of Geomatics techniques for Heritage documentation were employed since long time and are now getting popular. In recent times, TLS and RPAS systems become more and more interesting to be studied in excavations sites for monitoring purposes and solving large scale and comprehensive mapping matters both from terrestrial and aerial point of view. The paper will focuses on these issue and on the great challenge of monitoring sites during time, integrating and conforming multiple data coming from previous metric survey projects or image data collected in the past for different purposes. The test-sites is the complex archaeological landscape of the ancient city of Hierapolis in Phrygia on which the MAIER – Italian Archaeological Mission of Hierapolis operates from the 60s of the 20 th century and where Politecnico di Torino conducted several documentation survey campaigns. Some case studies in Hierapolis monumental areas about 3D modelling from image and range data represent nowadays an interesting attempt to answer these tasks. In particular, the presented cases involve many multi-temporal datasets that have been acquired by different university staffs in subsequent campaigns, in 1997, 2007, 2012, 2015, by employing various sensors following the evolution of the acquisition techniques offers by geomatics in the archaeological field surveys. 3D models are generated by terrestrial LiDAR and by terrestrial and aerial photogrammetric surveys; these dense models are intended to be compared and integrated with newer models generated by the UAV systems employed in last 2015 mission. In the Sacred Area of the Apollo Temple, two different datasets allow to perform investigation and comparisons before and after archaeological accommodation of the sepulchre of Apollo. The 3D model was created from images captured by a curbed balloon and further by another particular nadir point of view (a man harnessed and suspended from a crane collected photos using a Rollei semi-metric film camera); an UAV flight was performed lastly in 2015 by a EBee fix wing drone. On the other hand, in the massive complex of the Bath-Church the deeply damaged East wall was kept under observation during years until the securing intervention with a castle of tubes has been achieved: till that moment the pipes structure masks almost completely the wall, even during the last Lidar survey performed in 2012. The integration with previous images datasets collected before the securing intervention and used to generate a 3D model, want to overcome this limitation in a multi-temporal integration. In such perspective, 3D data derived from digital acquisition and modelling constantly contribute to build a knowledge on the site and help to improve their communication. Furthermore the combination of digital models and direct observations of the excavations results can improve the enhancement of the dissemination aims.

La piattaforma 'Marmora Phrygiae'. Open data per la conoscenza delle cave di marmo della Frigia meridionale e per lo studio dei cantieri antichi di Hierapolis

The ‘Marmora Phrygiae’ project deals with some of the main issues related to the study of ancient quarries and building sites with a systematic approach, integrating the skills of experts from different disciplines: archaeology, ancient topography, art history, architecture, geology, geophysics, chemistry, geochemistry, biology, remote sensing, computer science, and Roman law. This paper summarizes the main scientific results of the project and the computer techniques used for implementing the Marmora Phrygiae online geodatabase, a system aimed at data presentation on the web, sharing knowledge through Open Data. The Marmora Phrygiae database dynamically stores the results of archaeological research and archaeometric analyses in order to publish them online at the end of the project: after a registration process, free access to available data will be allowed. The same database is also interfaced to Geoserver, a web-oriented cartographic engine, in which the coordinates of each feature (monuments, quarries, artefacts, stone samples), acquired by a high-precision topographic GPS, are stored. This solution allowed acquiring important new data on the marble extractive district of Hierapolis, the organization of the urban building sites during the Roman Imperial age and the Early-Byzantine period, and their dynamics of supplying stone materials within the overall ancient marble extractive district of south-western Turkey.

Minero-petrographic and isotopic characterization of two antique marble quarries in the Deni̇zli̇ region (western Anatolia, Turkey)

Abstract The marbles are widely used rock types in the structures of today and ancient world. In this study, two ancient marble quarries named as Hierapolis and Domuzderesi in Denizli region, have been examined. The marble samples from these quarries can be grouped into three types, based on color, crystal size, crystal boundaries and foliation status. These groups are identified as white, gray veined and gray marbles. In terms of microscopic features, heteroblastic polygonal (white marbles in Hierapolis, gray veined and gray marbles in Domuzderesi) and homeoblastic polygonal textures (white marbles in Domuzderesi) have been defined. The mineral compositions of all marble groups are quite similar. They are consisting predominantly of carbonate minerals (calcite, dolomite) and, as accessory minerals quartz, muscovite, pyroxene and ferric iron oxides. These results are also supported by the XRD studies. According to the geochemical analyses, protoliths of Hierapolis and Domuzderesi marbles are limestone. In Hiearapolis marble quarry, the δ13C and δ18O values change between 0.63 - 3.52 ‰ and (-9.55) - (-1.21) ‰, in turn. The δ13C and δ18O values of Domuzderesi marble quarry range from (-1.44) ‰ and 3.41 ‰, -13.26 ‰ and (-5.3) ‰, respectively. Minero-petrographic, geochemical and C-O stable isotope results reveal that Hierapolis and Domuzderesi ancient quarries have similar characteristics which have orginated from a same protolith.

Śmierć Judasza w Dz 1,18 jako przykład śmierci prześladowcy

Bein g conce rne d of Judas has inc reased wi th discovery of an apocrypha att ribute d to him. However, it see ms that canonical traditions about him are still not perfec tly ex amin ated, especi ally the one in Acts 1:16-20.The presen t artic le is an attempt of an exe getic al analysis of that peric ope and indicate s its rel ations with the other narratives about pursuer death, both in Acts itself (12:20-23) as in earlie r literature (2Mc 9:1-17). Even in an early apocryfic tradition connec ted wi th St. Papius of Hie rapolis this direc tion of Judas’ death inte rpret ing appears.

Book Review of Byzantine and Turkish Hierapolis (Pamukkale): An Archaeological Guide, by Paul Arthur

Book Review of Byzantine and Turkish Hierapolis (Pamukkale): An Archaeological Guide, by Paul Arthur

A relief of a water-powered stone saw mill on a sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its implications

A relief of a water-powered stone saw mill on a sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its implications

Sophron the Comoedos

An inscription found in the theatre of Hierapolis(Pamm UKkale)in Phrygia and recently published is of interest both in itself and because it may help to elucidate a passage of Arrian′sDiscourses of Epictetos.

Antipater Chaldaeus

In a recent publication of four new inscriptions from Larisa in Thessaly, Kostas Gallis has revealed the helpful presence of a Syrian astrologer in that area of Greece toward the middle of the second century B.C. (or a little later). In honouring this man the Larisaeans identify him, in one of the new texts, as 'αντíπατροσ 'αντιπ⋯τρον 'ιεροπολíτησ τ⋯σ ∑ελευκíδοσ, πεπ∨λιτ*ogr;γ7rho;αϕημ⋯νοσ [δ⋯] ⋯ν 'ομολíω υπ⋯ρχων χαλδαῖοσ ⋯στρονóμοσ, ⋯νδημ⋯ν τἦμ⋯ν ⋯ρò ρρóνων. The Chaldaean astrologer Antipater is accordingly a native of Syrian Hierapolis who acquired the citizenship of Homolion, in the area of Thessalian Magnesia. He evidently spent considerable time in Larisa.