Legacies of Ancient & Modern Cultures
" The sound stops short, the sense flows on" Chinese saying
Smyrna is an old city located at one of the deepest bays of the Aegean Sea like a sheltered pearl in a hidden shell. In Turkish, her name is pronounced as Izmir recalling her mysterious ancient name. Since antiquity, her cove has protected many ships like a mother's bossom. May be that is why she... Continue Reading →
'When one enters the World of ancient wisdom from the unavoidable worries of everday life, encounters herself the lost friend that has been longed for a while, and the comforts of the apprehension of past lives. Those are the familiar sensations of thousands of years' ..... There has been several diseases, infections and plagues since... Continue Reading →
Nature reminds herself with all the sounds. This is the moment I feel like a bird in a cage. I feel a great appreciation for all the times I spent in nature walking through the woods, touching the trees, stepping on ancient stones and taking the breath of all smells. Cheers for the freedom of... Continue Reading →
Apep (Apophis), tomb of Inherkhaul, XX Dynasty, EgyptBurial chamber tomb of Ramesses I Egyptian Civilization New Kingdom Dynasty XIX ............was known as Chaos in ancient times or a Beginning of a New Paradigm. In the creation myths, it was a name given to the divine embodiment of the primordial ocean or the initial gap by... Continue Reading →
Michelangelo's rendering of the Erythraean Sibyl, Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1565–1575. I have been writing on my blog since 2011, and recently I have decided to give it a new theme and changed its name to "Sybilogue". I created this word combining two words as "Sybil" and "logue-logos". It means Sybil's talks or Sybilline sayings. In... Continue Reading →
Antioch on the Orontes opening her threshold either to Anatolia or Mesopotamia is considered as a city of a meeting place of many different civilizations. Being located at the easternmost end of Mediterranean coast and on the main trade route between Asia and Egypt, she eventually became the place of a great library and a... Continue Reading →
Göbeklitepe, a unique prehistoric site (called belly hill because of a depression which looks like a belly button) is one of the most significant archaeological discovery of the 21st century. Klaus Schmidt, a German archaeologist who rediscovered it in south-eastern Turkey in 1994, believed that it is the site of World's oldest temple. The megaliths,... Continue Reading →
Cunda is one of the 23 islands of Ayvalık town lies on the Aegean coast of Turkey opposite the Greek island Lesbos. Once you come to Ayvalık town, you drive by the sea shore and than pass a bridge to reach the island of Cunda. The old windmills being on the top of the hilly... Continue Reading →
January as a mounth name derived from Janus, a Roman god represented with two heads; one of his face looks back into the past, the other looks into the future. He is known as the guardian of time since his images were placed above doorways. He is usually depicted holding a royal sceptre/staff (Heavenly father) in... Continue Reading →
While walking through the old part of Beyoglu (Istiklal avenue), you'll come across an eclectic Ottoman building called Cité de Pera just opposite Galata Palace, today's Galatasaray Lycee. It might remind you some of the 19th century buildings in Paris and Vienna with their beautiful architectural ornaments on their facades. ... Continue Reading →
Legacies of Ancient & Modern Cultures 