An ancient inscription on the Arslan Kaya monument in Turkey has been deciphered, revealing significant details about the worship of the mother goddess Materan in Phrygian culture. The finding was ...

However, recent advancements have shed light on its message, revealing the name “Materan,” the Phrygian mother goddess. Researchers used a novel approach to read the inscription. Mid-morning ...

The inscription spells out the name "Materan," a goddess of the Phrygians, who flourished in what is now Turkey from roughly 1200 to 600 B.C. They knew her "simply as the Mother," Mark Munn ...

Despite this, some scholars thought that the word "Materan"—the name of the Phrygian goddess in the accusative case—could be read. Other scholars examining the inscription considered this ...

An archaeologist discovered that etching on the 2,600-year-old stone monument, known as Arslan Kaya, featured the word 'Materan,' which means 'mother goddess' in ancient Indo-European. The message ...

This finding confirms the mention of Materan —an ancient name of the Mother Goddess, or the Mother of the Gods— on the monument, suggesting a precise dating to the first half of the 6th century BCE.

After analyzing his imagery, Munn has published his conclusion that Arslan Kaya honors the Mother goddess Materan, the leader of the Phrygian pantheon also worshiped by the Greeks and Romans.

Now, researchers have found that the inscription spells out the name “Materan”, a goddess revered by the Greeks as the mother of gods. To read the text, researchers relied on mid-morning light.

A MYSTERIOUS message carved into a statue forged by King Midas has been read for the first time in more than two millennia. A historian managed to decipher it during a visit to what today is ...

Archaeologists have finally revealed what the inscription on a 2600-year-old monument means. Deciphered for the first time, the free-standing spire of volcanic rock contained an exciting message.