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Thrace Excavations

Title	Thrace Excavations
Author	Arif Müfit Mansel
Publication Place	Turkish Historical Society - Turkish Historical Society
Type	Periodical
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of Alabama at Birmingham Libraries
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
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 Excavations

Author Arif Müfit Mansel

Publication Place Turkish Historical Society - Turkish Historical Society

Type Periodical

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of Alabama at Birmingham Libraries

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

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.