A few shots from Constantinople

[Ebusitanus]

Here some shot I took on my recent Turkey trip.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/67-1168947181716

One of the Adamclissi metopes at the Turkish archelogical museum in Istambul.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/68-1168947589867

Excavated roman tomb.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/69-1168948157967

Part I of a roman anatolian stone work of 1st Cent BC.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/70-116894827955

Part II

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/71-1168948430966

Dromedarian troops

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/72-1168948619520

Rebuild Theodosian inner wall tower.

[Tarbicus]

Superb, thanks very much!

[Aurelianus]

I can't view these pictures! It's just written "no hotlinking"!

What's wrong? have I to bee a member of this web-service first?

Thank you for your help!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

These are really well preserved reliefs!

The face mask helmet is good, any other pics? Makes you wonder what the visibility is like with the pupil rings on the eye holes!

I see they have graffitee vandles too! hock:

[marcii ulpi messala]

I have seen an Etruscan painting, where a soldier takes the same helmet. Could a part of the Roman republican army inherit this one from the Etruscans for inheritance(heredity) helenistica?

[egfroth]

Nice. Not my period, but very nice photos.

That tower, where is it? I can see water in the background. Is that the Sea of Marmara, or the Golden Horn? I don't think it can be the latter, because the configuration of the ground seems wrong. I don't remember seeing it last time I was there, but maybe I missed it.

[Robert Vermaat]

Nice ones! A laudes from me.

[Ebusitanus]

Nice. Not my period, but very nice photos.

That tower, where is it? I can see water in the background. Is that the Sea of Marmara, or the Golden Horn? I don't think it can be the latter, because the configuration of the ground seems wrong. I don't remember seeing it last time I was there, but maybe I missed it.

It looks a bit like water but its just scrubby hills. In that direction you would indeed reach the Golden Horn. We stand right now about the Mesotechion where the old Lycus river once flew into the town. This tower stands south of the 5th Military Gate whereabout the Turks broke finally the Christian defense. All this area was obliterated by the Massive Turkish cannons during the assault and was totally rebuild for the public just recently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Constantinople

A very nice site and map of the old Theodosian land walls.

[Ebusitanus]

Here from S to N along the Blachernae wall that was later added to the Theodosian double wall to include this village and the later Imperial Palace.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/73-1168965204138

From the leftmost tower along the Blachernae wall is reputed to have looked out Constantine XI before the last assault.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/74-1168965319660

Theodosian inner wall towards the Blachernae wall. Reconstruction work is ongoing.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/75-11689654228

Start of the Blachernae wall out from the Theodosian inner wall. Around this area was the Kerkoporta sally door which was apparently left unlocked after a mele and through which the Turks stormed this area against the Genovese.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/76-116896558216

Fifth Military gate also known as Military Gate of St. Romanus. North of it was the defense broken and the Emperor fell.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/77-116896573676

Area where the Christian lines got breeched by the Janissaries after the Genovese had routed. You can still see remains of the outter wall and then further in the bigger inner wall.

http://www.imagebarn.net/image/78-1168965906938

[Robert Vermaat]

Wow, wow, wow.. Did I say wow?
Brilliant pictures!

[Ebusitanus]

While checking out their sculptures my interest fell on this Trajan Ivory frieze conmemorating his Dacian victory. Its in the museum of Ephessus and sadly I could not picture it myself.



Have not found a better shot of the central panel which shows the Emperor himself and his soldiers. The same helmet as on the Trajan column in rome is shown, and this on a separate art work in Anatolia. Maybe we have just not found that helmet yet.

[Jeroen Pelgrom]

That roman anatolian stone work, i haven't seen that one before. Is it a memorial or something?, i see only high officers on it (with some weird helmets).

[Arahne]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/ ... ska077.jpg

[Ebusitanus]

Thanks Arahne, would you have a close up of the panel I have pictured above?

[Praefectusclassis]

If someone is good, really, really good with HD recovery, I have photos of all sides of that panel...