Rock-Cut Sanctuaries And Cult Complexes
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Rural religion in Roman Spain continues to be misunderstood due to problematic narratives in both ancient and modern sources. Ancient sources misrepresent the religious practices of local inhabitants due to their lack of understanding of... more
Megalithic monuments are seen as memorials, which receive the souls of ancestors and in the same time they are commited to healing practices, mainly relating to conception, suggesting that they are seen as a facility associated with the... more
Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but... more
The present dissertation focuses on the peak sanctuaries in Southern Thrace. The introduction reviews the geographical characteristics, political and socioeconomic features of south Thracian regions. In the first chapter a methodology for... more
Above-ground burials in south-western Anatolia can be seen as result of the influence of both an older, local Lycian and the Persian-Anatolian tradition. Their adaptation within Greek part of population emerged new structural and... more
TÜBA-AR, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA) tarafından yıllık olarak yayınlanan uluslararası hakemli bir dergidir. Derginin yayın politikası, kapsamı ve içeriği ile ilgili kararlar, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Konseyi tarafından belirlenen... more
"Publicado en Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CuPAUAM) 21, 1994, págs. 271-296 (figs., láms.) RESUMEN.- En este artículo se reestudia un monolito de granito con algunos relieves y una... more
We present a review of the Tomb of the Elephant at the Roman Necropolis of Carmona (Sevilla) made under the methodological principles of Building Archaeology and Archaeoastronomy. The results show that the building had several phases of... more
Overview of an emblematic archaeological site in the North-western Hispania known as the rock sanctuary of Panóias (Vila Real, Northern Portugal), exceptional in its physical structure and religious framework. The history of the research... more
Referred by several authors as an important rock sanctuary, the site of Mogueira stands like a paradigm of the difficulties that we have to deal with, when studying this type of places. Its archaeological excavation in 2009 allowed no... more
This text briefly presents suggested by us rock sanctuary at the neck of the cape near Ordu, associated with ancient Kotyora. This sanctuary has steps, a sacred spring and it is connected to the Thracian beliefs, which were spread among... more
This paper aims to underline the special divine relationship between Aphrodite and Apollo in Cyprus. Cypriot mythology and religion provide numerous examples of the obvious interactions between those two divinities. The goal of the... more
Surface and sub-surface research on rock-cut features and related mobile finds at Kastro, a hilly peninsula that delimits the present main port of Myrina (Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea), has revealed vestiges dating from various phases,... more
Physical environment and landscape are instrumental for the selection of a place, both for human practical needs and symbolic behaviors. Coastal features, important for early seafaring, are also symbolically charged. At Myrina Kastro,... more
The rocky coasts of the Aegean include remains of human activities, often concrete and utilitarian, but also traces that cannot only have a rational interpretation. The zones between different geological regions, such as meeting points... more
This paper concern the Armenian architect Galzak (13th century) who between 1233-1250 under patronage of prince Prosh Khakhbakian built a rock cut church of Geghard monastery in Armenia.
Δημοσιεύματα για το Ιερό της Αρτέμιδος στην Αντίκυρα:
_"ARTEMIS VENDIS / VASSILEIA", στο: Iron Age Sanctuaries and Cult Places, Brasov 2006.
_"Το βραχώδες Ιερό στην φωκική Αντίκυρα", Δελφοί 2005.
_"Δυσμενέως φύλον αμεινόμενος", Δελφοί 2010.
_"ARTEMIS VENDIS / VASSILEIA", στο: Iron Age Sanctuaries and Cult Places, Brasov 2006.
_"Το βραχώδες Ιερό στην φωκική Αντίκυρα", Δελφοί 2005.
_"Δυσμενέως φύλον αμεινόμενος", Δελφοί 2010.
Research on the Kastro peninsula, at the western edge of the town of Myrina, Lemnos island, has focused on the study of rock-cut features, omnipresent in the area of the rocky peninsula. Such carved features had already been noticed by... more
Chichkhituri is one of the rock-cut monasteries of Gareji wildeness, Georgia. The Chichkhituri hermitage is a three-room complex. Graffito of a monk who dwelt in the hermitage in the 13th century is found on the east wall. It is executed... more
Thaumaturgical wonders and stunning landscapes provide an arresting backdrop for the early medieval Iberian foundation of San Millán de la Cogolla, Suso (La Rioja). Although scholars have noted that the mountain site of the cave-church... more
Surface and sub-surface research in extended areas of the hilly peninsula of Myrina Kastro focuses on rock-cut and rock-carved features and related mobile finds. Till now, the attested occupation periods include phases from late... more
Ритуалното преминаване през отвор в скалата е част от традиционни лечителски практики в различни части на света. Провирането през камък се разглежда, като акт на преминаване от едно измерение в друго и опит на човек да се отърве от... more
Ya. Ivanov. The staircase. An idea of gods and men (with a view of the explorations of the rock-cut site Perperek (in Bulgarian).
" Apollo is one of the most popular gods in the island of Cyprus. So, this paper aims to analyze the personality and characteristics of this deity at Nea Paphos. In order to do so, the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates of the new Paphos will be... more
At Myrina Kastro, natural rock formations are combined to artificial, carved complexes diachronically (late prehistory – antiquity). Physical environment and landscape are instrumental in selecting a place, both for human practical needs... more