Patricia Leonardo - HIERAPOLIS 3D RECONSTRUCTION

For my Master thesis and project on Culture Heritage and New technologies I went to Italy on an exchange Master program for 7 months at the Culture Heritage Department of Salento. Ive join the Italian Archaeological Mission in Hierapolis in Italy in collaboration with the Turkish government at Hierapolis World Heritage Site.

The Apollo Sanctuary in Hierapolis is an ancient city located on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. The ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and currently comprise an archaeological museum designated as a UNESCO heritage site.

In Hierapolis, between a Roman theatre and a nymphaeum, a very peculiar cult centre can be found. It is a complex of structures frequently called the temple of Apollo and the Plutonium i.e. the sanctuary of the Greek god of the underworld. Discoveries made in the area of Hierapolis helped to answer some of the questions regarding the cult of Hades in this ancient city. They also clarified many of the uncertainties concerning the status of the Plutonium that had been mentioned in the ancient sources and the travelogues of early-modern era discoverers and adventurers. However, many mysteries of this site remain unresolved. The history of the religious cults of Hierapolis is an excellent illustration of the fact that the religion of ancient Greeks and Romans was not as easy to grasp as some popular myths might suggest. The history of archaeological excavations in this area of Hierapolis is a great proof that archaeology is a thrilling discipline of science and it can surprise us with groundbreaking discoveries, dramatically changing the understanding of even such well-known place as Hierapolis.

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