VI.—Excavations at the Golden Gate, Constantinople

Abstract

The excavations described below were carried out conjointly by the Museum of Antiquities at Stamboul and members of the mission excavating on behalf of the British Academy in Constantinople in 1927. The funds required were provided by both parties. The account here given is published by kind permission of Halil Bey, Director of the Museum, at whose request it was drawn up, and who in the first instance proposed to the British Mission that the work should be carried out in collaboration with Macridy Bey and the Museum.

Developing Archaeology and Museology in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece: Théodore Macridy, an Ottoman Greek ‘Liminal Scientist’

“…Macridy remained in his post throughout the Greek-Turkish war of 1919–1922 and Istanbul's Allied occupation. In 1921 he participated in the excavations of the French archaeological mission in Istanbul (Macridy & Ebersold, 1922: 363–93), particularly at the Golden Gate at Yedikule (Macridy & Casson, 1923) and at Seddülbahir in the Dardanelles, where they excavated the so-called ‘tumulus of Protesilaus’ (Demangel et al, 1926). Following the victory of the Turkish nationalist forces in Anatolia and the end of Istanbul's Allied occupation, Macridy faced a disciplinary investigation by the new Kemalist administration.…”

“…In 1925, he conducted the first excavation in republican Turkish history, exploring the Ankara railway station's tumuli (Macridy, 1926a). He also took part in discussions about the conservation of Ankara's cultural heritage and the establishment of museums planned for Turkey's new capital (Macridy & Casson, 1931). In the same year, he excavated the Monastery of Constantine Lips ( Fenari İsa Camii ) in Istanbul (Macridy, 1964; Macridy et al, 1964).…”

“…In the same year, he excavated the Monastery of Constantine Lips ( Fenari İsa Camii ) in Istanbul (Macridy, 1964; Macridy et al, 1964). In 1926 his excavations focused on the Hippodrome, the Golden Gate, and the Monastery of Myrelaion ( Bodrum Camii ) in Istanbul (Macridy & Casson, 1931). In 1927 he participated in the excavation of Joshua's Hill ( Yûşa Tepesi ) at Beykoz on the Anatolian side of the Bosporus.…”