Megas Alexandros: Vague updates on the excavations at Euromos

Alexandria's founded by Alexander

Alexandria's founded by Alexander the Great (by year BC): 334 Alexandria in Troia (Turkey) - 333 Alexandria at Issus/Alexandrette (Iskenderun, Turkey) - 332 Alexandria of Caria/by the Latmos (Alinda, Turkey) - 331 Alexandria Mygdoniae - 331 Alexandria (Egypt) - 330 Alexandria Ariana (Herat, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria of the Prophthasia/in Dragiana/Phrada (Farah, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in Arachosia (Kandahar, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria of the Paropanisades (Ghazni, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria Eschate or Ultima (Khodjend, Tajikistan) - 329 Alexandria on the Oxus (Termez, Afghanistan) - 328 Alexandria in Margiana (Merv, Turkmenistan) - 326 Alexandria Nicaea (on the Hydaspes, India) - 326 Alexandria Bucephala (on the Hydaspes, India) - 325 Alexandria Sogdia - 325 Alexandria Oreitide - 325 Alexandria in Opiene / Alexandria on the Indus (confluence of Indus & Acesines, India) - 325 Alexandria Rambacia (Bela, Pakistan) - 325 Alexandria Xylinepolis (Patala, India) - 325 Alexandria in Carminia (Gulashkird, Iran) - 324 Alexandria-on-the-Tigris/Antiochia-in-Susiana/Charax (Spasinou Charax on the Tigris, Iraq) - ?Alexandria of Carmahle? (Kahnu)

Monday, May 2, 2022

Vague updates on the excavations at Euromos

There are times I wonder what message the papers wish to convey. This is the case for the present article, originally published by Anadolu Agency and reproduced by Archaeology News Network in 2018.

It is all about the excavation and restoration of seven tombs from Hellenistic and Roman times in Euromos. Period. No more details of any kind.

Euromos is best-known for its temple of Zeus from the 2nd century BC, which is still catching the eye of the casual passer-by and the fanatic tourist (see: Euromos, just a bowshot away).

In 2011, the plan was to clean the 17 still standing columns and find more of the missing elements among the rubble. Also, further clearance of the Agora, the Baths, and the city walls was projected, but no information has transpired.

My latest update is from 2021 and was centered around two Kouros statues holding a lion found in Euromos. These were labeled as being an essential link to ancient Caria (see: Two statues of a Kouros unearthed at Euromos). What happened to them? Were they moved to a museum? If so, which one?

A picture in the present article illustrates further excavation of the temple of Zeus. This puzzles me because the steps seem to pertain to a circular or semi-circular building?

I’m looking forward to more news, more substantiated – if that is at all possible?

[Pictures from Anadolu Agency]