{"id":147250,"date":"2025-01-07T07:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=147250"},"modified":"2025-01-07T07:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:08:47","slug":"zeugma-a-remarkable-time-capsule-of-ancient-roman-art-by-dr-harold-gunatillake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/zeugma-a-remarkable-time-capsule-of-ancient-roman-art-by-dr-harold-gunatillake-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeugma: A Remarkable Time Capsule of Ancient Roman Art &#8211; By Dr  Harold Gunatillake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Zeugma: A Remarkable Time Capsule of Ancient Roman Art &#8211; By Dr Harold Gunatillake<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-146797 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dr-Harold-Gunatillake-5-e1735136405289-150x150.png\" alt=\"Dr Harold Gunatillake\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UV7cHPvKS00?si=fdiwhYtnkLy7qbT2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Website: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorharold.com\/\">www.Doctorharold.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Turkey is home to remarkable pieces of humanity&#8217;s heritage. Due to its strategic location and natural resources, it has hosted numerous civilisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A key site is the ancient city of Zeugma, founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great&#8217;s generals along the Euphrates River in 300 BC. It serves as a time capsule of diverse human history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Hello viewers, today I\u2019m stepping away from health topics to embark on an inspiring journey into the world of archaeology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I want to present the archaeological site of Zeugma, located in Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This ancient city was historically significant as a central crossing point on the Euphrates River.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Zeugma, derived from the ancient Greek term &#8220;bridge&#8221; or &#8220;crossing,&#8221; is a remarkable historic site nestled in the picturesque landscape of southeastern Turkey. This ancient city earned its name for its pivotal location at a key crossing over the Euphrates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">River, making it a vital hub where essential east-west and north-south trade routes converged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Its strategic positioning facilitated commerce and fostered cultural exchanges, contributing to the rich tapestry of history that defines the region today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The remnants of Zeugma offer a glimpse into a time when it thrived as a bustling centre of trade and interaction among diverse civilisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Zeugma was an ancient Hellenistic Greek and Roman city in Commagene. As mentioned, it was named after the bridge of boats, or zeugma, that crossed the Euphrates at that location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Zeugma&#8221; refers explicitly to the twin cities established on opposite riverbanks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">These Hellenistic settlements were founded by the<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">commander Seleucus Nicator around 300 BC. On the west bank, the town was named Seleucia in his honour, while the settlement<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The east bank was known as Apamea, named after his Persian wife, Apama. This rich history highlights the cultural and commercial significance of Zeugma in the ancient world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Seleucia became the major eastern frontier City of the Roman Empire. In the first century AD, two Roman legions\u2014Legion X Fretensis and Legion IV Scythica\u2014were stationed in Zeugma, significantly increasing the city&#8217;s strategic importance and cosmopolitan nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Due to its geopolitically significant location, Seleucia has become an important research site for scholars studying the hybridised local cultures that developed from an influx of Greco-Macedonian and Roman migrants to the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In addition to a Semitic population, the city&#8217;s inhabitants included Greco- Macedonian migrants brought there by Seleucus, merchants from various areas, high-ranking Roman soldiers whose numbers increased when the town was annexed into the Roman empire, and Roman citizens, legionaries, and civil servants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Consequently, Zeugma is home to archaeological remains that reflect the complicated, sometimes ambiguous, yet highly varied characters of the ethnicities that mingled within the city and formed new syntheses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Zeugma Archaeological Project was a long-term project directed in 2005 at Ankara University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Although several teams had worked on the site, it was in 2000 because a newly constructed dam would flood part of the site with the waters of the Euphrates River. Extensive salvage excavations were initiated. With the dam&#8217;s construction, the whole of Apamea and about 30% of Seleucia were to be flooded. Several Roman residential complexes and a part of the Hellenistic agora were excavated then, and the finds were relocated to the Gaziantep Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The site has yielded many artefacts, including large glass mosaics, colossal cult statues, and 140,000 clay seals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep houses many of the site&#8217;s most spectacular artefacts, including mosaics that reflect the daily lives of the Romans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So, now let\u2019s explore some archaeological artefacts in the museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I hope this video on artefacts excavated in Zeugma opens your eyes to the heritage of the Roman Empire and has inspired you. Goodbye until we meet again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeugma: A Remarkable Time Capsule of Ancient Roman Art &#8211; By Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Turkey is home to remarkable pieces of humanity&#8217;s heritage. Due to its strategic location and natural resources, it has hosted numerous civilisations. 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