The City and the Holy Mountain by OYA PANCAROĞLU, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
The Long History of the Cultic Interface Between Caesarea/Kayseri and Mount Argaeus/Erciyes
Event Details
Date
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Kemal H. Karpat Center for Turkish Studies
About the talk: Mount Argaeus/Erciyes, the extinct volcano that rises to a height of 3917 meters in the central Anatolian plateau, has had a long history of sanctity, intertwined with Caesarea/Kayseri, the urban settlement to its immediate north. This lecture will trace the evidence for the attribution of holy status to the mountain from the Bronze Age onward, focusing particularly on images and implements from the Roman period.
About the talk: Mount Argaeus/Erciyes, the extinct volcano that rises to a height of 3917 meters in the central Anatolian plateau, has had a long history of sanctity, intertwined with Caesarea/Kayseri, the urban settlement to its immediate north. This lecture will trace the evidence for the attribution of holy status to the mountain from the Bronze Age onward, focusing particularly on images and implements from the Roman period.
Cost
Free and open to the public
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-4213 or email balgamis@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, April 10, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.