A (less serious) Portrait of the Archaeologist as a Young Woman. The more substantial blog is here: http://middlesavagery.wordpress.com
Istanbul - invierno 2008 Cumhuriyet Cad Kavacık (by davidbenito)
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I still want to walk the streets of my favorite city in the snow.
The View (via coreybyrnes)
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Tandir (via 500px / Photo “Tandır” by Recep AKAR)
İznik-Nicea (çeşme ve çocuk) by Muskulpesent on Flickr.
Window Service (via Instagram)
Reunited with other half, Heracles goes on display
Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay on Sunday unveiled the famous sculpture, Weary Heracles, whose upper half had been on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) since 1982 and was only recently returned to Turkey as part of a new exhibit after the reunification of the two parts in Antalya.
"It is only too clear that the destruction of the Hacılar fortress dealt a death blow to this once flourishing settlement. After the fire and massacre, some of the survivors continued to live on the mound, perhaps for a further century, whereas others may have moved to the site north of the village where Hacılar I pottery has also been found. However that may be, the old mound was deserted, probably c. 5000 BC, never again to be re-occupied. As the last survivors of a once vigorous culture left their miserable hovels for the unknown, a dark age descended upon south-western Anatolia."
James Mellaart, Excavations at Hacılar
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Ottoman-inspired fabric, borrowed from my Turkish designer friend at Agate’s Room.
