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3,000 Ritual Water Vessels Unearthed at Aigai’s Demeter Sanctuary in Western Türkiye
On a windswept ridge above the fertile plains of western Anatolia, archaeologists have uncovered something unexpectedly intimate: thousands of small clay vessels once filled with water and offered in devotion. Excavations at the Demeter–Kore Temple in the ancient city of Aigai have revealed approximately 3,000 terracotta hydriskoi — small ritual water containers — concentrated in…