Biography
I consider myself a traveler, language learner, writer, and historian in the making. Some of my favorite sites visited include The Great Theatre in Ephesus, just outside Izmir, Turkey, the Roman Colosseum in Rome, the British Museum in London, the Areopagus Hill in Athens, and Mayan ruins outside Antigua, Guatemala. I am a writer and currently applying to universities in the hopes of undertaking an M.A. in History. I live in Turkey with my wife and son where I study and write about the ancient sites of Ephesus and Smyrna, and explore this beautiful country.
Education
- BA, History, California Baptist University
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Lydian Relief: 5th Century BCE
This relief of a male holding a bird is from the 5th century BCE, found in modern day western Turkey near the ancient...
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Tabular from Thyatira
This tablet (tabular) dates to the 2nd century BCE and the ancient city of Thyatira. Thyatira was once a Lydian city, on the...
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Apollo-Mithras Meets Antiochus I
Found in the ancient ruins of Arsameia, outside Kahta, Turkey, 15 km from the world heritage site of Nemrut Dagi...
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Urartian Fortress & Tomb
The ruins of this fortress (Bayazit Kalesi) and tomb date back to the 9th century BCE Kingdom of Urartu just outside present-day...
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Cylindrical Altar, Metropolis
Three altars dedicated to Ceasar Augustus are found in the theater on the site of the ancient city of Metropolis. Metropolis...
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City Wall of Metropolis
Metropolis (Modern-day Torbali, Turkey) was a Greco-Roman city that was situated between two of the great cities of antiquity...
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Sargon II Basalt Stele
This embossed human head stele is believed to be Sargon II (reigned 722-705 BCE) "who was one of the most important kings...
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Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran
These large tablets comes from the 6th-5th century BCE. They contain the inscriptions from King Nabonidus...
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Totem Statue - Göbekli Tepe
This totem statue was found at the Göbekli Tepe site near Sanliurfa, Turkey. The Göbekli Tepe site is the oldest man-made...
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Military Commander, Sanliurfa
This statue of a military commander is from the Roman Period and is found in the Archaeological Museum in Sanliurfa...
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Stone Coffin, Smyrna
This coffin was part of a larger necropolis in "Old Smyrna" (established in the 11th century BCE) and is believed to be from...
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Aqueduct, Agora of New Smyrna
The present structures in New Smyrna's agora date from after 178 CE when an earthquake destroyed the earlier agora...
Translations
| English Original | Language | Translation | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Göbekli Tepe | Spanish | Göbekli Tepe | Rosa Baranda |
| Göbekli Tepe | French | Göbekli Tepe | Babeth Étiève-Cartwright |
| Göbekli Tepe | Turkish | Göbekli Tepe | Mustafa Aykol |