Hidden Secrets Revealed: Stunning Floor Mosaics Unearthed in Ancient City of Olympos, Turkey Ignite Archaeological Wonder

Hidden Secrets Revealed: Stunning Floor Mosaics Unearthed in Ancient City of Olympos, Turkey Ignite Archaeological Wonder

Archaeologists have also found several other floor mosaics at the church, most of which featured geometric shapes and botanical designs. This one, however, simply reads: “Only those on the righteous path may enter here.”

“This mosaic inscription is strategically placed at the very entrance of the church,” Gökçen Kurtuluş Öztaşkın, the head of the excavation team and a professor at Pamukkale University, told the Anadolu Agency. “Additionally, mosaics bearing the names of the church’s benefactors have been uncovered. These findings further confirm that Olympos was a city rich in mosaic floor decorations, especially within the Lycian region.”

Cleaning The Inscribed Mosaic

Anadolu AgencyThe mosaic hints at Olympos’ past as a “city rich in mosaic floor decorations.”

Öztaşkın added: “Olympos continues to surprise us with its mosaics. In 2017, 2022, and 2023, we discovered richly decorated mosaic floors at the sites we worked on. This year, we uncovered and restored the floor mosaics of Church No. 1.”

Indeed, archaeologists have found a wealth of archaeological discoveries in the ancient city.

The Archaeological Past Of Olympos

The city of Olympos was founded sometime before the fourth century B.C.E., and archaeologists have found artifacts from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Some of their discoveries include the city’s entrance complex, the Episcopal Palace, a bridge, the mausoleum of Lycian ruler Marcus Aurelius Arkhepolis, the Antimachos Sarcophagus, monumental “harbor tombs,” and several churches.

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