Archaeologists Unearth a 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Honoring an Ancient Wrestler

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 18:50:53 | Updated at 2024-10-31 11:26:25 17 hours ago

Archaeologists Unearth a 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Honoring an Ancient Wrestler
ARTnews ^ | October 26, 2024 | Verity Babbs

Posted on 10/30/2024 11:21:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

The 13-line inscription about the wrestler, which was found complete and intact measuring 120 cm (47 inches) by 50 cm (19 inches) and weighing half a ton, is believed to be 2,000 years old. The condition of the inscription makes it the first discovery of its kind for the region. The stone was found in the Harbor Bath where last year a Roman period statue was found. Tekocak said "Just like last year, the Harbor Bath has provided us with significant discoveries." The discovery suggests that the city was important as more than just a maritime trade centre.

The inscription praises Kaikilianos for having won the second edition of a wrestling competition held in the city every five years. Anemurium may have been a key location for sports in the region, with a palaestra—an ancient wrestling school—among its ruins which would have offered training to ancient athletes. Tekocak posited that "Olympic-level competitions" could have been taking place in the area, saying that the inscription marks a "significant development for us and offers new insights into the athletic culture of ancient Anemurium."

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anatolia; ancientnavigation; anemurium; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; kaikilianos

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1 posted on 10/30/2024 11:21:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

There's some nice graphics that can't be posted due to being from Getty. So, click a link and enjoy them, but do not post them, thanks.

2 posted on 10/30/2024 11:22:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

To: SunkenCiv

3 posted on 10/30/2024 11:23:04 AM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)

To: SunkenCiv

Hulkus Hoganus?..................

4 posted on 10/30/2024 11:24:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: rfp1234

5 posted on 10/30/2024 11:24:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: Red Badger

Wrestler. Believe that? You’ll believe anything.

6 posted on 10/30/2024 11:25:45 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

To: Red Badger

I’m thinking more The Iron Sheik

7 posted on 10/30/2024 11:27:40 AM PDT by PGR88

To: rfp1234

Hulkus Hoganus

Flairius Rickus

8 posted on 10/30/2024 11:29:36 AM PDT by llevrok (Say NO to a fourth Obama term!)

To: SunkenCiv

with a palaestra—an ancient wrestling school—among its ruins

That's why it's called the Palestra! Anyone growing up in Philly when its colleges were the center of college basketball knew that name and that place.

I'm not sure it was worth living 70 years before learning that 🙂 but my brain is a little heavier today.

9 posted on 10/30/2024 11:38:16 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)

To: rfp1234; Red Badger; DIRTYSECRET; PGR88; llevrok

All right, that's it, the five of you are not allowed to hang out together anymore. ;^)

Anyway, it's Andre Gigans.

10 posted on 10/30/2024 11:39:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

To: chajin

If they were always wrestling in there, no wonder it’s in ruins.

11 posted on 10/30/2024 11:39:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

To: SunkenCiv

12 posted on 10/30/2024 11:40:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau

To: rfp1234

13 posted on 10/30/2024 11:46:48 AM PDT by nhbob1

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