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The Gordion wooden objects are now recognized as the most important collection of wooden finds recovered from the ancient Near East. The group comprises over 100 fine wooden artifacts, including tables, a bed, a throne, serving stands, stools, footstools, plates, spoons, boxes, a parasol, and 12 carved wooden animals.
Simpson, E. "Royal Phrygian Furniture and Fine Wooden Artifacts from Gordion." In The Archaeology of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas. Edited by C. B. Rose, 149-164. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2012. Simpson, E. The Gordion Wooden Objects, Volume 1: The Furniture from Tumulus MM. Leiden ...
Gordion (Phrygian: Gordum; [1] Greek: Γόρδιον, romanized: Górdion; Turkish: Gordion or Gordiyon; Latin: Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük , about 70–80 km (43–50 mi) southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district.
A ”club-like” wooden artifact, likely used when the chamber was built, was dated to 585 B.C. Experts believe the dating of the wood will confirm their early observations that the Riedlingen ...
Chinese researchers have developed a hydrogel that melts into and preserves ancient waterlogged wooden artifacts. The gel was tested on an 800-year-old shipwreck (Adapted from ACS Sustainable ...
The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners. Museum officials said in a statement Wednesday that they have completed ...
The wooden furniture found in the tomb is especially noteworthy, as wood seldom survives from archaeological contexts: the collection included nine tables, one of them elaborately carved and inlaid, and two ceremonial serving stands inlaid with religious symbols and geometric patterns. Important bronze and wooden artifacts were also found in ...
[34] [35] And primitively carved wooden stelae have been found at sites of worship of goddesses of water-sources, such as the so-called Pforzheim Sirona. [36] [37] An oak statue belonging to the La Tène culture was found at the mouth of the River Rhone in Lake Geneva, near Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland. It is 1.25 metres (4 ft 1 in) tall and ...