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Thrace excavation

Title	Thrace excavation
Author	MANSEL, Arif Müfit
Publication Date:	1940
Publication Place	Ankara - Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Type	Periodical
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Case Western Reserve University Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1417064
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_45237847e45b46889368149d77627e34
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1940
Notes	The researches carried out by the Turkish Historical Society in various parts of Thrace since 1936 have failed to produce significant results every year. These researches have revealed that Thrace, which has long been considered a poor region in terms of ancient antiquities, was not like that at all and was full of important artifacts. In fact, it is impossible to come across the ruins of large cities and the remains of magnificent stone or marble buildings in Thrace. However, in the vicinity of today's cities and villages, there are numerous concentrated stacked hills on high ridges. These ruined hills or tumuli, which have long attracted the attention of travelers who have traveled through Thrace and whose nature remained unknown for a long time, were shown by the French archaeologist A. Dumont to be related to Herodotus' (V, 8) anecdote about the funeral customs of the Thracians, and thus proved that these were nothing but tomb monuments.

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Thrace excavation

Author MANSEL, Arif Müfit

Publication Date 1940

Publication Place Ankara - Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Type Periodical

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Case Western Reserve University Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1417064

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_45237847e45b46889368149d77627e34

Library Location Available Online

Date 1940

Notes The researches carried out by the Turkish Historical Society in various parts of Thrace since 1936 have failed to produce significant results every year. These researches have revealed that Thrace, which has long been considered a poor region in terms of ancient antiquities, was not like that at all and was full of important artifacts. In fact, it is impossible to come across the ruins of large cities and the remains of magnificent stone or marble buildings in Thrace. However, in the vicinity of today's cities and villages, there are numerous concentrated stacked hills on high ridges. These ruined hills or tumuli, which have long attracted the attention of travelers who have traveled through Thrace and whose nature remained unknown for a long time, were shown by the French archaeologist A. Dumont to be related to Herodotus' (V, 8) anecdote about the funeral customs of the Thracians, and thus proved that these were nothing but tomb monuments.