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Les environs:

Sigeum - Sigeion on the ScamanderSurrowndings of the Ajax TumulusTo Ajax GraveTumulus of AjaxTumulus of AjaxView the top of Ajax TumulusSchliemann`s Scaean GateSchliemann`s Scaean GateTroy - Atena Temple - description in situFrom where Danaos came?Ruins of TroyView from Hisarlik - From where Danaos came?Portion of the legendary walls of Troy (VII)Timeo Danaos et dona ferentesThe southwest gate of Troy II, c.2350-c.2250TroyTroyTroy, Schlieman`s excavationsKomeric Troy - Mycenaean fortificationsFrom where Danaos came?Seal of Tarkasnawa, King of MiraThe Odeon of Troy IX, built by Augustus and renovated by Hadrian in 124 ADEastern Gate of Troy VIIEastern Gate of Troy VII

Localisation:

  • Turquie, Kumkale
  • geo:39.993561,26.192612
  • Précision ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -1200~ / unknown

Classification:

  • Tombeau ou tombes
  • Visible

Identificateurs:

Annotations

Il n'y a pas une annotation en français. Présenté est une annotation en Anglais.

Heinrich Schliemann, believed that this was the tomb of Achilles. Philostratus also seems to imply that this mound was recognized as the Achilleum. Alexander the Great made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Achiles at the start of his Asian Campaign.

See:

  1. Olivier Henry, Ute Kelp, Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC,Walter de Gruyter 2016, pp. 373 ff
  2. Jonathan S. Burgess, Tumuli of Achilles -file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/file.pdf
  3. Casey Dué Hackney, Reviewed Work: The Death and Afterlife of Achilles by Jonathan S. Burgess, Hermathena, no. 188, Trinity College Dublin, 2010, pp. 71–76, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42950974.
  4. The Lost Tomb of Achilles-http://ancientheroes.net/blog/lost-tomb-of-achilles

Heinrich Schliemann, believed that this was the tomb of Achilles. Philostratus also seems to imply that this mound was recognized as the Achilleum. Alexander the Great made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Achiles at the start of his Asian Campaign.

See:

  1. Olivier Henry, Ute Kelp, Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC,Walter de Gruyter 2016, pp. 373 ff
  2. Jonathan S. Burgess, Tumuli of Achilles -file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/file.pdf
  3. Casey Dué Hackney, Reviewed Work: The Death and Afterlife of Achilles by Jonathan S. Burgess, Hermathena, no. 188, Trinity College Dublin, 2010, pp. 71–76, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42950974.
  4. The Lost Tomb of Achilles-http://ancientheroes.net/blog/lost-tomb-of-achilles

À proximité

Sigeum - Sigeion on the Scamander (1 km)

ancient Greek city in Troas

Kumtepe (1 km)

Neolithic settlement.

Kumkale Kalesi (1 km)

Kumkale Kalesi