Den/Dan : TA2MCP Ye/Ya : ALL@WW Tip/Status : B$ Tarih/Saat : 06-Haz 09:51 BID : 53-TA2MCP Mesaj no : 227866 Başlık : ZEUGMA(BELKIS) Path : !TA2EY!TA2MCP! [¯¯¯ TST HOST 1.43b, UTC diff:5, Local time: Paz Haz 03 14:16:53 2001 ®®®] Zeugma(Belkıs)remains,which are located in a village by the same name is 10 km.from Nizip distrist.It is located on the hill slopes from Acropol to the Fırat river.The remains are from Roman,Hellenic and Byzantine periods.Zeugma was one of the big cities of the Kommagene Kingdom during 1st century B.C. In the excavations done by archeologist Dr.Rıfat ERGEÇ a villa belonging to a wealthy Roman was found and in the floor of living room a valuable mosaic wedding stage was inlaid.Besides this the statues and embossings taken from the Necropole have been exhibited in the Zeugma (Belkıs)romm at Gaziantep Museum.The statues which have been exhibited were all taken from thee graves;they symbolize the people lying in the graves.Gaziantep Museum has been making resone excavations on the places which will be under the Birecik Dam water. TA2MCP OP.Adil Yigit PACKET MAIL:TA2MCP@TA2EY.#ESK.TUR.EU Bye for now. 73.