Treasure of Dorak - weaponry from the two Royal Tombs
Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara. A small cemetery consisting of two Royal cist graves and two pithos burials of servants was found high up on a hill slope near the village of Dorak, on the southern shore of Lake Apolyont (Vilayet of Bursa) in North-west Turkey near the Sea of Marmara
Picture No
13048395
Media ID
46121700
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3619px x 5148px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, November 28, 1959 - Special Supplement, pIII
Date
1959
