Etude de la permanence des tracés urbains et ruraux antiques à Antioche-sur-l'Oronte

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ID16425665
AuthorsJacinthe Leblanc (corresponding author), Grégoire Poccardi
Year1999
Volume76
Issue1
Pages91-126
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSyria (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-7946 • E-ISSN: 2076-8435
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/syria.1999.7645
OpenAlexW2003204827
LanguageFR
Citations received6

The systematic study of a set of ancient aerial vertical photographs of the Mandate Period belonging to the CNRS (UPR 7541) led us to establish the existence of four parcel divisions in the town of Antioch on the Orontes, its neighbourhood and the famous suburb of Daphne. Two of them are organized according to the major directions of the reliefs. They have the same module (116 x 58 m). The third one occupies the ancient Orontes island (about 105 x 35 m). The last one is specific to Daphne. At Antioch and Daphne, some ancient monuments have been integrated in these networks: particularly, a hippodrome and a temple in the island, maybe a theatre in Antioch, finally the Olympic stadium of Daphne, the location of which seems confirmed by its representation on a border of a late Roman mosaic called Megalopsychia found at Yakto (Daphne)

Archaeology · Art · Cartography · Geography · Humanities · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies

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