Eggi, Turkey – According to a report Every Daily NewsThe parts of a temple dedicated to the goddess Demator are displayed at the site of Eggai. Established in the eighth century BEvelyn was one of the 12 cities established by the Greeks in Western Anatolia. This site is more famous for its temples of Apollo and Aitina, but from the end of the nineteenth century, the existence of a shrine is known only from the end of the nineteenth century, when a writing of the goddess was found. Recent excavators, led by Yusuf Seizagin, an archaeologist at Manasa Salal Byrior University, revealed two small rooms associated with the prohibition of the Halnstick period, in which they found about 1,000 one thousand small water jugs or hydra. Seizagin believes that since Eggai had a limited amount of cultivated agricultural land, the residents of this city showed special importance with the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility. It is likely that the worshipers filled the small ceramic vessels with natural springs and left them in the temple as a gift to the god. “Water actually represents abundance and fertility here and, as the most important need for agriculture, it was very valuable,” said Seizagin. To read about the sculptures dedicated as a vote offer to Dmitter, go to “Samples: Greek Terkota Doll”.
Hundreds of small water jugs found at the Temple of Demoter in Eggi published the First Archaeological Magazine.
