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Other Local Resorts & Areas => Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Scunner on August 19, 2011, 00:00:44 AM

Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: Scunner on August 19, 2011, 00:00:44 AM: Hurriyet Daily News reports New excavation work in the ancient city of Tlos in Mugla's Fethiye district has unearthed several ancient sculptures of Roman emperors.

The archaeological team found sculptures of Roman emperors Hadrian; Antonius Pius and his daughter Faistinaminor; Mareus Aurellus as well as the Goddess Issis, according to Taner Korkut, who is leading the dig.

Full story: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=excavations-at-tlos-reveal-roman-works-2011-08-18
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: peecee on August 19, 2011, 07:06:25 AM: wow, must go there again
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Post by: legless on August 19, 2011, 08:19:17 AM: Certainly worth a look
Ron
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Post by: Jacqui Harvey on August 19, 2011, 09:06:51 AM: How wonderful, It would be nice to see them being left at Tlos, maybe in a purpose built Museum, but I bet they will get whipped off to somewhere like Istanbul.
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: Scunner on August 19, 2011, 09:12:09 AM: Beats a couple of broken old pots doesn't it :)
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Post by: GordonA on August 19, 2011, 20:27:23 PM: Well, at least these won't be stolen, & shipped off to the U.K. by someone like Lord Elgin!!
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Post by: stoop on August 19, 2011, 20:57:56 PM: The middle one looks (h)armless :)
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Post by: lissa on August 20, 2011, 19:45:02 PM: Would be great if they were exhibited in the Fethiye museum. There are many statues in the garden there, and it is well worth visiting. Smaller items are exhibited inside and the museum has been renovated recently.
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: hugh shaw on August 21, 2011, 00:04:45 AM: Why should these sculptures be shipped anywhere there are people who have lived all there lives in Tilos scraching a living from tourism and farming and they need the atraction if anyone wants to see them its easy to get there now just jump on a dolmus.
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Post by: peecee on August 21, 2011, 08:43:35 AM: Totally agree with you Hugh shaw but will the Turkish Gov't?. agree. If I remember correctly a couple of years ago I read that all the entrance fees for these sites go to the Gov't? the locals get nothing:-\
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: hugh shaw on August 21, 2011, 09:52:23 AM: Well maybe the government get the entrance fees but most of the locals are living of tourism in some way either selling food and drink or souvenirs or supplying produce those who do
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: lissa on August 21, 2011, 10:55:06 AM: Well if they would build something to house these statues in at Tlos, that would be great, but cannot see that being done, to be honest. Statues are not always left on site, those taken from Ephesus are in the museum in Selcuk, for example. Would be better in Fethiye than further away.
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Post by: hugh shaw on August 21, 2011, 13:00:07 PM: Further away from who?.
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Post by: Scunner on August 21, 2011, 13:34:37 PM: quote:
Originally posted by hugh shaw

Why should these sculptures be shipped anywhere there are people who have lived all there lives in Tilos scraching a living from tourism and farming and they need the atraction if anyone wants to see them its easy to get there now just jump on a dolmus.

I have no idea where "Tilos" is, but how would keeping statues there benefit a local farmer?
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Post by: hugh shaw on August 21, 2011, 15:09:28 PM: OK so you found a spelling mistake Mr Skunner maybe you should have named yourself Nitpicker instead of Scunner.I noticed a recent post about beer prices where you contributed 15 replies out of 35 effectivly keeping it going twice as long as necessary.
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Post by: Scunner on August 21, 2011, 15:14:03 PM: It's a discussion forum, people can contribute as many replies as they choose to, that's the idea. If you don't like it here you don't need to come! I notice you didn't even have an answer to my question so chose to avoid it.
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Post by: Jacqui Harvey on August 21, 2011, 15:58:18 PM: Statues have been moved to the Museum in Fethiye, so, at least not too far away.
Title: Excavations at Tlos reveal Roman works
Post by: lissa on August 21, 2011, 19:34:11 PM: Further away than from where they were found, such as Ankara or any other place where people who visit this area would be highly unlikely to see them.
Great news though Jacqui that they are in the Fethiye museum and as I said before this museum is well worth a visit. Small but has lots of items, both small within the building and larger pieces in the garden. So close to Fethiye market too so easy to get to. I went towards the end of winter and think it cost 3 lira entrance, possibily slightly more now as museum prices are reviewed yearly, but would doubt it is more than 5 lira.Maybe no increase.