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Allianoi in Mysia | |||
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The lobby during the emergency excavations before the flooding | |||
The ancient health resort of Allianoi is flooded today. It was near the village Paşaköy, 18 km northeast of Pergamon, today Bergama. The Turkish government had an irrigation dam built for the surrounding fruit and vegetable fields. And so Allianoi, barely partially excavated, came to lie 17 m below the water level. |
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Allianoi in April 2010 shortly before the flooding | |||
The hot springs of Allianoi had a temperature of 45 to 50 °C.
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Bath | |||
The bathing facility is about 2000 years old and measures over 10,000 square meters. The main road alone is 120 metres long. Also outside the excavation site, in the middle of the field, the archaeologists came across remains of the ancient settlement. The discovery of Allianoi gives a whole new meaning to the famous Pergamon. Who would have expected a second, large ancient settlement in the region? |
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Frigidarium | |||
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One of the highlights of the excavations was an almost undamaged marble statue of a spring nymph, one and a half meters tall, which is interpreted as Aphrodite. |
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Various bathrooms were connected by a long underground water tunnel. They are unusually complete and well preserved, as large parts of the archaeological site were covered by alluvial soil. The hot springs of Allianoi have a temperature of 45 to 50 °C.
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Photos: @chim, Yeti | |||
Translation aid: www.DeepL.com/Translator | |||
Source: Wikipedia and others | |||
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