THE ANCİENT ROMAN CİTY HYGEİA OR AYAS SEEKS İTS OWN İDENDİTY …WHO CAN SOLVE THE MEANING OF THE WRITINGS ON THE STONE

……………………………………………..
HYGEİA /AYAS ANTİK KENTİ  KENDİ TARİHİ KİMLİĞİNİ ARIYOR…YAZILI TAŞI KİM ÇÖZÜMLEYEBİLİR?
20 Mart 2023 Pazartesi günü sabah saatlerinde Adana’dan yola çıkarak Yüreğir Ovası_Misis-Gökveli Kalesi yolunu izleyerek Yumurtalık ilçesine geldim. Tarihi Ören Mahallesi, Süleyman Kulesi ve kale çevresinde gözlem ve araştırmalar yaptım. Kaymakamlık binası önünde Romalılar zamanından kalma tarihi sunak taşını gördüğümde hayran kaldım. Taşın üzerinde yaprak şekilleri vardı, sırtında da yazılar. Bir başarı veya dini törenle ilgisi olabilirdi. Yazılar Latince olduğu içi okuyamadım ve anlamını da bilemedim.
Bildiğim kadarı ile Romalılar zamanında imparatorların sık sık ziyaret ettiği bir antik kent idi Hygeiae…Sonradan ismi AYAS olarak tanındı. Günümüzde Yumurtalık ilçe merkezinde bulunan tarihi yapılar bu tarihi kentten kalan tarihi miras durumunda.
Yumurtalık tarihinin yazılma ve yayınlanma çalışmalarının sürdüğü bu günlerde bahsi geçen bu taş üzerindeki yazının anlamını kim çözümleyebilir? Bu konuda yardımcı olabilenlere şimdiden teşekkür ederim.
Cezmi YURTSEVER, Tarihçi, Adana,

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ellora Caves,

Image
Beautifully carved sculptures adorning the Kailasa Mandir, Cave No. 16, Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Kailasa Temple has been dubbed as ‘Cave 16’ of the Ellora Caves, and is notable for being the largest monolithic structure in the world that was carved out of a single piece of rock. Apart from the temple’s impressive size, it is also remarkable for its sculptures, as well as for the fine workmanship of its other architectural elements. The Kailasa Temple [known also as the Kailasanatha (which translates as ‘Lord of Kailasa’) Temple] is an ancient Hindu temple located in the western Indian region of Maharashtra. This temple is part of the Ellora Caves (UNESCO World Heritage Site), a religious complex consisting of 34 rock-cut monasteries and temples. This temple derives its name from Mount Kailasa, the Himalayan abode of the Hindu god Shiva. It is generally believed that this temple was constructed in the 8th century AD, during the reign of Krishna I, a ruler
Read more

The Mystery of the Shell Grotto

Image
The Mystery of the Shell Grotto There exists a mystifying place in England, a subterranean world of man-made tunnels and passageways completely covered in sea shells. An estimated 4.6 million of them adorn the walls, ceilings and altar in an array of artistic patterns and abstract symbols. There exists no historical information on the Shell Grotto’s origins, purpose or age. There isn’t even any local folklore. But many historians believe what we are looking at could be thousands of years old. School headmaster James Newlove and his son Joshua were clearing land in the seaside town of Margate, Kent, in 1835 when a cap stone was moved resulting in a deep hole opening up in the earth. Armed with a lamp and tied to a rope, story has it that young Joshua was lowered down by his dad for a closer look. And so goes the first known account of what would soon become known as the Shell Grotto. Gaining popularity, the site became a tourist attraction in the Victorian era where oddities
Read more

Melted stairs in the Temple of Hathor.

Image
Melted stairs in the Temple of Hathor. The stairs to the Temple of Hathor are a complete mystery to archeology. Built in pure granite, they are completely melted. The splendid complex built in honor of the goddess Hathor, one of the most prominent deities in Ancient Egypt. However, the most controversial was the molten ladder to the Temple of Hathor. The complex measures about 400 square meters. The complex is made up of several large and small rooms, a warehouse, a laboratory, shrines and numerous representations of Cleopatra VI. On the west side of the temple, there is a ladder leading to the roof. Its decoration consists of beautiful images of the pharaoh, the goddess and the priests. The steps of the ladder in the temple of Hathor were completely melted. Something that science has not been able to explain in any way, as they are built in solid granite. Extremely high temperatures are required to melt solid granite stone. When the steps of the ladder of the Temple of Hat
Read more