Lost battlefield of Alexander the Great discovered in Canakkale

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Archaeologists believe they have found the site of Alexander the Great’s first major victory—the Battle of Granicus—near the Biga River in Çanakkale, Türkiye.

In May 334 BCE, Alexander faced a numerically superior Persian army in a battle that marked the beginning of his legendary conquests. Recent research led by Prof. Reyhan Körpe of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University suggests that the battlefield is located about 10 kilometers north of Biga district.

While 19th-century archaeologist Heinrich Kiepert had speculated about this location, Körpe’s team used geomorphological analyses to confirm the site.

Earlier scholars placed the battle in an area that was actually a swamp in antiquity. However, the researchers identified a nearby hill that matches historical descriptions of where Persian-Greek mercenaries were stationed.

A key discovery was the ancient city of Hermaion, Alexander’s last stop before battle, confirming his route through Özbek Köyü, Umurbey, and Lapseki. Additionally, local farmers recently unearthed human bone fragments and weapons on the battlefield site, potentially linked to the conflict.

Future geophysical surveys and excavations will further uncover the battlefield’s secrets.

Source: https://www.archaeologs.com/n/alexander-the-greats-battlefield-discovered-in-canakkale 

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Oh wow...this is so freaking cool

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Beautiful 

[Juanne 794]

Earth's history waiting to be uncovered just underneath our feet

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1 hour ago, Juanne said:

Earth's history waiting to be uncovered just underneath our feet

They felt the beat under their feet, the floor was on fire 

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All these pics make me wanna go camp there. Crazy to think it used to be a battlefield. 

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36 minutes ago, palma said:

All these pics make me wanna go camp there. Crazy to think it used to be a battlefield. 

The whole of Anatolia used to be a batlefield for millennia, so I'd think it would be more surprising to find a region that was not contested at one point!  

So many populations lived and fought there, the Phyrigians, Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Turks etc etc.

So many influences met there, from the West, East, North, South, Asia, Europe, Africa, each influence altered the cultural landscape to some capacity. 

You can also see this in Istanbul, which has Byzantine, Islamic Ottoman, European Baroque/Neoclassical style monuments all in the same place, which is both fascinating and charming. The whole country is, so after visiting Istanbul/Edirne, I really hope to see Trabzon/Cappadocia next. 

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So beautiful! The way I was obsessed with Alexander The Great when I was in middle school

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32 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

The whole of Anatolia used to be a batlefield for millennia, so I'd think it would be more surprising to find a region that was not contested at one point!  

So many populations lived and fought there, the Phyrigians, Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Turks etc etc.

So many influences met there, from the West, East, North, South, Asia, Europe, Africa, each influence altered the cultural landscape to some capacity. 

You can also see this in Istanbul, which has Byzantine, Islamic Ottoman, European Baroque/Neoclassical style monuments all in the same place, which is both fascinating and charming. The whole country is, so after visiting Istanbul/Edirne, I really hope to see Trabzon/Cappadocia next. 

I live in Istanbul and I studied History so I feel you sis 

Trabzon has incredible nature but beware of the locals as its a huge tourist trap and not in a charming, entertaining way  Cappadocia slaps tho. I'd also really recommend the Northern Aegean coast - besides the archeological sites (Troy, Sardes, Ephesus, Pergammon... ) it also has great, unspoiled swimming spots 

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why did I expect the title to be: Lost battle field of alexander McQueen...  

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1 hour ago, palma said:

All these pics make me wanna go camp there. Crazy to think it used to be a battlefield. 

that's how you get possessed by evil spirits

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That's really cool, I have been pretty obsessed with ancient history since I was a kid. Name me a more badass historical figure than Alexander, undefeated military genius who conquered the known world before the age of 30 and fought alongside his men in every battle

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36 minutes ago, palma said:

I live in Istanbul and I studied History so I feel you sis 

Trabzon has incredible nature but beware of the locals as its a huge tourist trap and not in a charming, entertaining way  Cappadocia slaps tho. I'd also really recommend the Northern Aegean coast - besides the archeological sites (Troy, Sardes, Ephesus, Pergammon... ) it also has great, unspoiled swimming spots 

Apart from nature/scenery, in the Pontic region, I mainly wish to visit Sumela Monastery and Hagia Sophia (the one in Trabzon, ofc I saw the original one in Istanbul) which I believe are 2 jewels of Byzantine art.  

So I am willing to overlook some inconveniences if I get to see them, and hopefully even more cultural/historical sights on the way. 

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27 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

Apart from nature/scenery, in the Pontic region, I mainly wish to visit Sumela Monastery and Hagia Sophia (the one in Trabzon, ofc I saw the original one in Istanbul) which I believe are 2 jewels of Byzantine art.  

So I am willing to overlook some inconveniences if I get to see them, and hopefully even more cultural/historical sights on the way. 

Uh oh  prepare to be enraged as every single Byzantine church (including the Hagia Sophias and Chora, which is my absolute favorite) have been converted into a mosque recently, courtesy of Ms. Turkish Trump, and the beautiful frescoes in Trabzon have been covered too. Sumela is even worse… Locals have been scratching the frescoes with grafitti and it’s terribly vandalized. Also make sure you get a good guide when you go there as they also like to troll the tourists with misdirections, which is not optimal considering you’d need to climb a billion steps 

P.S. If you ever go to Greece, make sure to check out Hosios Loukas - I think it’s the single most well-preserved Middle/Late Byzantine monument besides Chora in Istanbul. Also check the Capella Palatina in Sicily 

Hit my DMs if you wanna have a Byzantine art chit chat, I took like 15 Byzantine courses in uni and I’m glad to have found a fellow enthusiast on GGD