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jamesdale10In album: Beehive Houses, SyriaIn Webshots channel: travel - Date uploaded: Nov 8, 2007
The conical dwelling, putative ancestor of the beehive house, predates man's recorded beginnings by a wide margin. Certainly among the first such dwellings were those of the Urgup Valley of Turkey's central Anatolian Plateau, dating to at least New Stone Age times. They owe their origin to Mount Argaeus, which in the distant past blew its top, distributing a layer of lava in a 40-mile radius around its base. During the ensuing millenia, wind and water eroded the valley, but as always in nature, unevenly: hard basaltic rocks littering the valley floor protected he softer volcanic stone directly beneath, leaving conical pillars standing like sentinels as the surrounding plain weathered away. Early Anatolian man hollowed out the cones by patient chiseling with flint and copper tools, and they became snug and secure habitations for the Hittite, Phrygian, Lydian, Greek, Armenian and Turkish generations that followed. Some are still in use today.
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17 comments
Great photograph! For a history and archeology buff like me the info is very welcome. Belated congratulations.
said suresh_krishna
Amazing way to live. Greatttttt pictures, great album.
said aniko142
i love villages
said imran548
Congtratulations on your POTD in the travel channel. Beautiful capture!
said fukal_ladislav
What interesting place, thanks for sharing, Estela from Brazil.
said estelax100
WOW and another WOW!! First of all I like the very long caption, thanks! Now the second part, this is an amazing picture you have captured here! These houses are very well made! Thanks for sharing this special picture! Congratulations on your POTD in the Travel channel! Have a wonderful day, Brendan
said PhotoDucky
very unique! congratulations on being featured! regards, tausif
said tausif_farooqi
WOW!! So these have really stood the test of time!! I appreciate the background, too!
said terisuz
This is a gorgeous shot, I've always wanted to see Syria.
said P2PChina2006
Thank you! Thank you! The pictures bring an area of the world in which I am most interested to life. AND, your explanations are so appreciated.
said pamelasuelynn
Congratulations on your featured POTD in travel. Nice shot and appreciate your comments/history lesson about the Beehive Houses. Good job all around. John
said woodeye518
Congratulations on being featured in Travel! Thanks for sharing.
said lovejoy
Congratulations for featured with this lovely photo! Greetings from Bulgaria!
said tonymm6491
CONGRATULATIONS on your featured POTD in Travel. Well deserved,have a good Day.Essex England
said Brightlingsea
Congratulations on your POTD, the album is fascinating.
said Quippu
Hello, CONGRATULATIONS on being a featured POTD today, well deserved, I am delighted for you, wonderful capture, thank you for sharing, enjoy your day, take care Ann (Chester England)
said annedm1
Congratulations my friend on being featured POTD, enjoy -Jay
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