News October 6, 2022
ADIYAMAN PROVINCE, TURKEY—Yeni Şafak reports that a 1,800-year-old bronze medal bearing a Medusa head has been unearthed in Perrhe, a major city of the ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom of Commagene in southeastern Anatolia. Mehmet Alkan of the Adiyaman Museum said that the medal was likely awarded to a soldier to be worn on his shield during a military ceremony. To read about a city that came under the control of Commagene, go to "Zeugma After the Flood."
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