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Surroundings:

Troy - Atena Temple - description in situTroyTroyTroy, Schlieman`s excavationsKomeric Troy - Mycenaean fortificationsFrom where Danaos came?From 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.2250Schliemann`s Scaean GateSchliemann`s Scaean GateSeal of Tarkasnawa, King of MiraEastern Gate of Troy VIIEastern Gate of Troy VIIThe Odeon of Troy IX, built by Augustus and renovated by Hadrian in 124 ADMoundSigeum - Sigeion on the Scamander

Location:

  • Türkiye, Kumkale
  • geo:39.991642,26.242025
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24001

Annotations

Ajax [Aias]  a mythological Greek hero was the son of King Telamon and Periboe. He was one of the victims of Troy and was entombed near the Troy.

 The original Ajax tumulus had been damage by the Hadran reign what induce him to build a new one grave in a better location. The original place of his grave is not unidentified.

  1. Charles Brian Rose, The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy, Cambridge University Press 2013
  2. William Gel, The topography of Troy, and its vicinity, London, Longman 1804
  3. C. Brian Rose, Reyhan Körpe, The Tumuli  of Troy and the  in: Tumulus as Sema, Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016,  pp. 373-386 - https://www.academia.edu/24362543
  4. Olivier Henry, Ute Kelp, Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC,Walter de Gruyter 2016, p. 376
  5. Reyhan Korpe, The Tumuli of Troy and the Troad (Plates) in: Tumulus as Sema, Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016,  pp.168-177

Nearby

AIANTEION

AIANTEION Intepe. Troada.

Çoban Tepe - Tektop Tepe [Tavolia] (1 km)

EBA, LBA settlement.

Kumtepe (2 km)

Neolithic settlement.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2015-12-28. Last update by Elżbieta on 2017-12-15. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/24001 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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