EGETÜRKİYE

Ancient surgical medical instruments carved in relief on a marble block face.
Surgical Medical Tool Marble Reliefs at Herakleia Salbake in Vakıf, Tavas, Denizli

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Bronze AgeCulture and memory

From Herakleia Salbake Medical School to Medet Mound and Işıklı Lake Eumeneia

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Place, time and memory in one narrative.

Linking Herakleia Salbake's surgical medical reliefs with Medet Mound's 4,000-year settlement layers and Eumeneia's water lily sanctuary at Işıklı Lake, Denizli formed a pinnacle of healing, faith, and nature.

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Long-form story · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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Periods

  • Bronze Age
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Beyliks & Seljuks
  • Ottoman era
  • The Aegean today

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