Gordion Mosaics, a photo from Ankara, Central Anatolia

Photographer's Note

Everyone has heard of King Midas. The tomb / tumulus of his father Gordius is across the road from this archeological site known as Megaron 1 & Megaron 2. They date from 750 BC & the mosaics might date from the 8th century BC, making them the oldest known in Anatolia, together with Til Barsip in Syria, and Arslantas, also in Turkey, but not strictly in Anatolia. The latter 2 date from the 9th century BC. I might load a couple of workshops later. Oh, & it's very rare to see an archeologist on site as depicted here. Looks like painstaking work assembling the jigsaw puzzle of fragments.

https://www.penn.museum/sites/gordion/iron-age-gordion/

holmertz, pajaran, pierrefonds, jhm, ikeharel, Fis2, PaulVDV, jemaflor, COSTANTINO ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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holmertz (92890) 2020-11-30 4:03

Hello Chris,
You were lucky to find this archaeologist at work. He makes the photo incredibly more vivid and interesting than a conventional view of just the mosaics. I'm not certain exactly what he was doing, but that's quite irrelevant for the photo.
Best regards,
Gert

pierrefonds (103591) 2020-11-30 4:44

Bonjour Chris,

Tu as bien capturé le travail de l'artiste. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails des mosaïques et des outils. La lumière met en valeur les couleurs de l'image. Bonne journée.

Pierre

jhm (203057) 2020-11-30 4:54

Hello Chris,

The man can work lying down on the ground, make mosaics artwork.
You took a nice picture.
Excellent sharp and nice of colour.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

Silvio1953 (205793) 2020-11-30 5:34

Ciao Chris, great capture of man at work to restoring anciet mosaic, fine details, wonderful colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

ikeharel (105933) 2020-11-30 6:24

Must be a meticulous work, Chris, well collected the archaeologist at work.
Good evening,
Ike

pajaran (102696) 2020-11-30 12:08

Greeting.
Interesting look and moment, well shown, nice colors, contrast and good text.
beautiful photos in the workshop, a well-captured moment.
I wish you a nice and peaceful night, all the best in the new week that has begun.
Paja.

Fis2 (155673) 2020-11-30 13:11

Witaj Chris!
A very interesting place, curious scene.
Good reportage shot.
I like this picture.
Good POV and colors.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

lousat (130007) 2020-11-30 13:42

Hi Chris,i know very well King Midas obviously,and it's nice to see that someone works to preserve the mosaics of his father,original post and very interesting,with an useful close up and the info too in the WS. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

PaulVDV (54875) 2020-11-30 14:47

Hello Chris,
Did you go back afterwards to see if this archaeologist had turned to gold? Who knows what he found ...
Good to see a detailed picture in the WS.
Also very interesting to show us some life on an archaeological site.
I confess that Yassıhüyük is completely unknown to me.
Best regards, Paul

ifege (32323) 2020-11-30 19:47

Hi Chris
Last week I watched a man working on restoring "Blue Pole" at the national gallery in Canberra - similar concentration although in Canberra he had all sorts of scientific gear to see the detail.
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (135464) 2020-11-30 23:16

Hi Chris,
Interesting photo with the view of this worker and artist, good quality for tour presentation, well done, tfs.

COSTANTINO (104209) 2020-11-30 23:18

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
yew...everybody has heard of king Midas...
great work here...and the man lying down
is working hard...
welldone for the timing
regards
Costantino

abmdsudi (88597) 2020-12-01 23:52

Hi Chris
Great street photo! Well caught and produced and especially like the strong lines of the mosaics grouting surrounding his work. Lovely some eye popping colours clicking the eyes too. Well done
Best regard