Tripolis to promote Buldan’s textile

This year’s excavations have been continuing in the ancient city of Tripolis home to the discovery of a headless male statue, one of the most important findings in the city so far A figurative fresco and a male statue have been unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Tripolis, located in the western province of Denizli’s Buldan district.

Associate Professor Bahadır Duman of Pamukkale University, who is leading the excavation team, said the restoration and excavation process had been underway on four different sites in Buldan since June 9. The excavation team is made up of eight archaeologists, one restorer, one crane operator, one cook, 25 workers and 12 students from the archaeology departments of various universities in Turkey. 

Professor Duman said the figurative fresco was unearthed inside the Vaulted Structure in the north side of the Arched Structure, adding the fresco had two panels and four portraits inside the panels and work would continue on at the northern, southern and western walls of the structure.

Meanwhile, one of the most important artifacts discovered was a 1.63-meter-high marble male statue.

“The statue is in the excavation house depot and the head of another statue has also been found during our excavation of the site. This shows us the street was decorated with statues at certain times [during the city’s past],” Duman said, adding the statue was separated into two parts at the waist and its head could not have survived.

During last year’s excavations, the team also uncovered a church that is 1,500-years-old. The church is 21 by five meters in size and seven meters in height and was constructed using travertine stones from...