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Dwellings of the #Gods: #Urartian #Temples and Sanctuaries

#Urartu #Armenia #AsiaMinor
https://www.academia.edu/81117052/Dwellings_of_the_Gods_Urartian_Temples_and_Sanctuaries

Dwellings of the Gods: Urartian Temples and Sanctuaries

Urartian cuneiform inscriptions often mention about construction of cultic structures, including ‘steles’, ‘gates’ and ‘susi temples’ for certain gods. Other buildings were also connected with the worship of those gods. These are figuring in the

Antinous the Gay God Jan 15

🪷 #Antinous had left #Bithynia #AsiaMinor as a nobody, but he returned as a celebrity influencer at the side of Emperor #Hadrian on arrival in #Nicomedia (modern Ízmet Turkey) in early 129 AD. Read all about his triumphant homecoming here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/antinous-arrives-home-in-triumph-at.html 🪷

LoC Appreciation Society Jan 12

Do you understand the Eastern Question? Henry Norman states it practically in Scribner's for June [between 1890 and 1900]
1 print : color ; 42 x 41 cm (poster format) | Poster for Scribner's magazine shows a map of eastern Europe.

#HenryNorman #Scribner #Europe #Austria-Hungary #Russia #Bosnia #Serbia #Bulgaria #Romania #Turkey #Italy #ITALY #AsiaMinor #BosnaSejra #Belgrade #HENRYNORMAN #SCRIBNER #american #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014649708/

Bob the Traveler Nov 11, 2025

Today is the feast day of Saint Mennas, a Greek from #AsiaMinor who became a hermit in the Abruzzi in Italy, probably in Santomena, in the 6th century https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/goreme/?s=mb #travel #Turkey

Cappadocia and Göreme — Cave Churches and Homes

Exploring the fantastic landscape of Cappadocia and the cave homes, monasteries, and churches local people have carved into the soft stone terrain for more than 2,000 years.

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The Dead And The Decaying Nov 4, 2025

The #Assyrian Impact on #Urarṭu - Toponyms and Ideological Motifs

#AncientNearEast #AsiaMinor #AncientWorld
http://saa.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/XXX.2.3.pdf