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Ancient Oracle and Freedom Inscription Found at Termessos, Turkey’s Mountain City Above Antalya
High above Antalya, among the rugged slopes of southern Turkey, Termessos has always carried the image of a city that refused to bend. Newly examined inscriptions at its ruined gate now give that reputation a voice: one declares the lasting rights of the “Independent Termessians,” while another reveals an oracle system based on knucklebones. The…
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Urartian Bronze Shield Reveals the Name of a Previously Unknown Ancient Country
A bronze shield belonging to the Urartian king Argišti I has produced a rare historical surprise: the name of a land never before recorded in Urartian sources. The shield, now part of the collection of the Rezan Has Museum, carries a cuneiform inscription that identifies a country called Qarini—a name absent from known royal annals,…