#amosantikkenti

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Edge of Days. Ancient city soaked in rain, heavy with the smells of earth and sea.

[erdalkurtulus]

#AmosAntikKenti #Marmaris #Muğla #muğla #marmaris #kumlubük #amos #marmarissahil Designed by Erdal & Photo by Erdal & Video by Erdal & Erdal’s Kitchen & Shark Diver https://www.facebook.com/groups/158814319156821/  (Designed by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/252561862940025/  (Erdal's Kitchen) https://www.facebook.com/groups/232663998458570/  Shark Diver https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876085599337439/  (Photo by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/753938222219141/  (Video by Erdal) instagram.com/erdalkurtulus twitter.com/ErdalKurtulus facebook.com/erdalkurtulus #tourism #travel #holidays #traveling #traveligram #travelphotography #travelholic #travelblog #travelblogger #picstagram #traveltheworld #travellers #designedbyerdal #photobyerdal #videobyerdal #erdalskitchen #sharkdiver #InstaGood (Muğla Marmaris) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cft4bzbKFN5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[erdalkurtulus]

The Ancient City of Amos / Marmaris Mugla Turkey ; Amos, which used to be one of the most important cities of Rhodes, means “The Temple of Mother Goddess” in Hellenic language. Apollo, who is known as Samnaisos in the Hellenistic period, is regarded as chief god of this city. The city, founded on a hill, was watched by 1,8 meter thick towers, and surrounded by 3,5 meter high walls. The most important surviving structure of the city is its theatre, which is located on a ground that sees the surrounding bay. There are terraces on the city, where you can see the sunrise and sunset. Amos Antik Kenti / Marmaris Muğla Türkiye ; Amos’un geçmişine bakacak olursak; antik çağlarda Rodos’un en önemli şehirlerinden biri olan Amos, Helenistik dilde “Ana tanrıçanın tapınağı” anlamına gelmektedir. Yine Helenistik dönemde Samnaios ismi ile anılan tanrı Apollon, bu kentin baş tanrısı sayılıyor. Tepe üzerinde kurulan antik kentin etrafı 1,8 metre kalınlığında ve 3,5 metre yüksekliğinde kulelerle desteklenmiş surlarla çevrilmiş. Helenistik devirden Doğu Roma dönemine kadar sürekli yerleşim gören Amos antik şehrinin, günümüzde ayakta kalabilmiş en önemli yapısı tiyatrosudur. Designed by Erdal & Photo by Erdal & Video by Erdal & Erdal’s Kitchen & Shark Diver   https://www.facebook.com/groups/158814319156821/  (Designed by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/252561862940025/  (Erdal's Kitchen) https://www.facebook.com/groups/232663998458570/  (Shark Diver) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876085599337439/  (Photo by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/753938222219141/  (Video by Erdal)   instagram.com/erdalkurtulus twitter.com/ErdalKurtulus   facebook.com/erdalkurtulus #Marmaris #Muğla #Turkey #Türkiye #AmosAntikKenti #AncientCityOfAmos #CanonEOS5DMarkIV #traveldreams #travelguide #trips #tourism #travel #holidays #traveling #traveligram #travelphotography #travelholic #travelblog #travelblogger #picstagram #traveltheworld #designedbyerdal #photobyerdal #videobyerdal #erdalskitchen #sharkdiver #travelgram #JustGoShoot #InstaGood #turoyd https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWvRmsqPcH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[erdalkurtulus]

The Ancient City of Amos / Marmaris Mugla Turkey ; Amos, which used to be one of the most important cities of Rhodes, means “The Temple of Mother Goddess” in Hellenic language. Apollo, who is known as Samnaisos in the Hellenistic period, is regarded as chief god of this city. The city, founded on a hill, was watched by 1,8 meter thick towers, and surrounded by 3,5 meter high walls. The most important surviving structure of the city is its theatre, which is located on a ground that sees the surrounding bay. There are terraces on the city, where you can see the sunrise and sunset. Amos Antik Kenti / Marmaris Muğla Türkiye ; Amos’un geçmişine bakacak olursak; antik çağlarda Rodos’un en önemli şehirlerinden biri olan Amos, Helenistik dilde “Ana tanrıçanın tapınağı” anlamına gelmektedir. Yine Helenistik dönemde Samnaios ismi ile anılan tanrı Apollon, bu kentin baş tanrısı sayılıyor. Tepe üzerinde kurulan antik kentin etrafı 1,8 metre kalınlığında ve 3,5 metre yüksekliğinde kulelerle desteklenmiş surlarla çevrilmiş. Helenistik devirden Doğu Roma dönemine kadar sürekli yerleşim gören Amos antik şehrinin, günümüzde ayakta kalabilmiş en önemli yapısı tiyatrosudur. Designed by Erdal & Photo by Erdal & Video by Erdal & Erdal’s Kitchen & Shark Diver   https://www.facebook.com/groups/158814319156821/  (Designed by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/252561862940025/  (Erdal's Kitchen) https://www.facebook.com/groups/232663998458570/  (Shark Diver) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876085599337439/  (Photo by Erdal) https://www.facebook.com/groups/753938222219141/  (Video by Erdal)   instagram.com/erdalkurtulus twitter.com/ErdalKurtulus   facebook.com/erdalkurtulus #Marmaris #Muğla #Turkey #Türkiye #AmosAntikKenti #AncientCityOfAmos #CanonEOS5DMarkIV #traveldreams #travelguide #trips #tourism #travel #holidays #traveling #traveligram #travelphotography #travelholic #travelblog #travelblogger #picstagram #traveltheworld #designedbyerdal #photobyerdal #videobyerdal #erdalskitchen #sharkdiver #travelgram #JustGoShoot #InstaGood #turoyd https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWvGxDKjBd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[carianproject]

Mediterranean Hartwort. Küçük geyik otü. Roman Pimpernel. Tordylium apulum. A hermaphrodite; this plant is self fertile. Classified as part of the carrot family. A perennial whose leaves are edible. A popular and important aromatic herb used in Greek culinary. In ancient times, was used to help cure kidney disease. Found growing all around Amos Antik Kenti at this time.

[carianproject]

Spring in Amos Antik Kenti

Spring came early this year, starting in March. The wild blue lichen flowers rose early and have already passed. Poppies peppered the hills of Amos and grew out of the cracks of ancient ruins. Thyme is now soaring, growing rapid and wild reaching high towards the sun. Now all is hidden in the ancient city. The grasses and wild flowers are knee high and the ruins have disappeared temporarily. Now  star clover dominates the terrain along with Mediterranean hart wort( a strange looking herb with a circular head that visibly houses a seed protected by a transparent veil surrounded by a white, serrated edge) and so many other incredible flora that remains unknown to me by name. There is so much to discover on the ground. When you get down close to the earth and really spend time looking, feeling, touching and wondering. It's hypnotic. 

[carianproject]

Full on star shine all over Amos. 

Flower type: star clover, yıldız üçgül 

[carianproject]

Edge of Days

Determined to visit ancient Amos one last time before the start of the new year, I walked through the pouring rain soaking up the smells of earth and sea. This site has grown to be a large part of my life for the past year and a half. I’ve endlessly explored its terrain, feeling my way around and creating work on site. My hope for the new year is to continue my intuitive research practice a.k.a “feel studies” and my exploration of wild clay: creating forms and sculptures in situ, some raw(uncooked) left on site and others cooked in the fire. My hope is to extend this project to create work on site at two other important ancient Carian sites: Stratonikea and Lagina, also based in the Muğla region of Turkey. I believe this extension would allow me to further my studies of the mysterious Carian people and explore new ways of seeing, feeling and creating.