


MILETUS 3
EXCAVATION HISTORY & ARTIFACTS
The first excavations in Miletus were conducted by the French archaeologist Olivier Rayet in 1873, followed by the German archaeologists Julius Hülsen and Theodor Wiegand between 1899 and 1931. Excavations, however, were interrupted several times by wars and various other events. Carl Weickart excavated for a short season in 1938 and again between 1955 and 1957. He was followed by Gerhard Kleiner and then by Wolfgang Muller-Wiener. Today, excavations are organized by the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany.
One remarkable artifact recovered from the city during the first excavations of the 19th century, the Market Gate of Miletus, was transported piece by piece to Germany and reassembled. It is currently exhibited at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The main collection of artifacts resides in the Miletus Museum in Didim, Aydın, serving since 1973.
Archaeologists discovered a cave under the city's theatre and believe that it is a "sacred" cave which belonged to the cult of Asklepius

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Market Gate of Miletus in Pergammon Museum / Germany



Archaic Artifacts From Miletus



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Statue of a warrior, from the 4th century BC
Berlin, Neues Museum. Funerary monument in the form of a torso in a cuirass encircled by a serpent.
Statue of a male from Helenistic Period

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Nike in ancient Greek religion, was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory.

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Figurine of a seated goddess
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The Louvre Museum / Female Statue from Miletus

fragments of a container, clay, from Miletus, c. 570–540 BCE, showcase “The Cultural History of Anatolia II”, Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster

Miletus_Museum mythological animals from large pots

Theatre Mask / Miletus Museum, Didyma

Sculpture from Baths of Faustina. Miletus Museum, Archaeological area of Miletus, Turkey