The fourth honorary
pillarbelonging to the agora of Sagalassos has been discovered through
the excavations. The pillar has special and unique features and dates
back to the first century B.C.
In each corner of Agora there are sculptures of people
that build the agora. These pillars are constructed by the famous people
of the city. AA photo
The latest excavations at the ancient city of Sagalassos, in the
southwestern province of Burdur’s Ağlasun district, have uncovered the
fourth “honorary pillar” of the city’s agora. “They started the 2013
excavation season two weeks ago and the hamam, city mansion, library and
neighborhoods have been revealed,” said Sagalassos ancient city
excavation vice president and architect Ebru Torun.
The president
of the excavations, Professor Marc Waelkens, is from Belgium’s Leuven
University. Waelkens’s team consists of 80 people. “There are many
different people in the excavation team such as architects,
archeologists, geophysicist and many more. These excavations address all
kinds of sciences,” added Torun. There are scientists from Belgium,
Turkish, Sri Lanka, US and Slovenia participating in excavation works.