In the article From what the inhabitants of the underground and cave cities of Cappadociae were saved from, I showed one of the many possible sources of water and clay in Cappadocia, Turkey, which led in historical time to the extinction of cultures and civilizations in this territory. Among the excavated ancient cities on the territory of modern Turkey, there are those who also clearly say that the cataclysm was global, and did not affect only limited local territories.
I propose to see the ancient ancient city of Sardis, its views before the excavations, directly during the excavations carried out in 1910-14. and compare ground levels and remains of ancient structures now.
Sardis was the capital of the Lydian kingdom.
In what form did European archaeologists find the remains of this ancient city in the early 20th century? Photos have been preserved, look:
Promotional video:
These are the ruins of the Temple of Artemis. Probably, this name was given by archaeologists, tk. to understand what these two preserved columns are - at the beginning it was impossible.
Now this temple of Artemis is like this:
The bases of the columns were once underground. Large volumes of soil removed and relocated.
From this photograph, you can roughly judge at what depth the structure was located. Not less than 10 m deep. Cultural layers - archaeologists will say. Has accumulated over the centuries. And the temple, as usual, according to all the canons of history, was destroyed in wars by the conquerors.
Oh, no! Here historians will not be able to lead us by the nose. Because their predecessors and fellow archaeologists left evidence for us that this area was filled with multi-meter layers of soil. Rather, clay, stones, and maybe mixed with the ash of volcanoes. It turns out that there are photographs of the excavations organized by the Princeton University team led by Howard Crosby Butler (at the initiative of D. Robinson). We look:
The beginning of excavations. The bases of the columns are located at a depth of at least 10 m in depth from the surface. According to the laws of accumulation of layers, these buildings should be tens of millions of years old!
This is the process of excavating the columns, the photographs of which before excavation I gave at the beginning of the article. Impressive?
Excavations were carried out using trolleys and even an excavator (third photo). Many give this technique to archaeologists of the 19th and 20th centuries. for the ancient railways. I hasten to upset them. The trolley can be seen in the second photo. The rails are covered with soil during its transportation, so they look like they were dug up too.
Before and after. During excavation and modern look. Unfortunately, almost all modern tourists are not aware of what the ancient ruins of cities were before their excavations or finds.
But some tourists notice a strange fact, take photos, but still rely on the traditional historical paradigm. Why doesn't anyone trust common sense? And authoritative opinions are more important than what they see!
A similar situation was during the excavations of ancient Troy (or what was given out for this city). There, too, many meters of soil were removed. And below them are the foundations of the columns and the foundations of ancient buildings.
Sardis is located in a valley at the foot of a mountainous area. It is possible that the source of the soil was the mountains, from where water streams emerged, eroding everything in their path and carrying mudflows. Most likely the entire valley is covered with 10-20 m of such sediments. To the north-east of Salikhly, there is a group of ancient volcanoes (second slide). And a large territory is dotted with cones or calderas from, possibly, mud volcanoes (third slide, link to them on the map:
By the way, the ancient buildings were rebuilt here several times. Of these, in past eras, apparently after the disaster, they tried to assemble something of their own as from a designer. Assemble, build from bricks. Lime blocks were no longer used. Clay was everywhere - they started using it. But the level of the original buildings and subsequent ones varies greatly.
The conclusion is that in historical time the entire vast territory of Turkey was in the area of geotectonic activity. These processes destroyed the ancient civilization of these places. But it is convenient for historians not to notice such facts and attribute everything to conquests, barbarians who bury entire cities on 10 m of soil. Like Rome. There is also a similar picture. There are the same photographs of the excavations of this city in the 30s of the 20th century.
Author: sibved