EGETÜRKİYE

6-meter ancient mother goddess statue silhouette seated in a mountain rock niche with hands on chest.
13th-Century BCE Colossal Hittite-Luwian Great Mother Goddess Kybele Monument at Akpınar, Mount Sipylus

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Bronze AgeCulture and memory

From Mount Sipylus to the Karabel Luwian Pass

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Linking the 6-meter colossal Akpınar Kybele rock relief on Mount Sipylus with Niobe's mournful Weeping Rock and King Tarkasnawa's Luwian hieroglyphic monument at Karabel Pass, Mount Sipylus forged Anatolia's oldest rock sanctuaries.

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

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Periods

  • Bronze Age
  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Roman era

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