Frig sculpturing art and interactions

The Frigians played an important role in the 1.st. millennium Anatolian political and cultural history. And, the mysterious rock monuments form the most impressive and outstanding works of Frigian rock architecture, culture and art.In our study, we are dealing solely with the rock monuments (façades, altars and orthostats), sculptures (rock, made of ivory and made of bone idols), and some wooden furniture related to the cult of the Mother Goddess/ Matar Kubile in the Frigian religion. These monuments and other scultures give evidence to the rituals and interactions of the goddes.The Frigians arrived in Anatolia in 1200 BC, among the migrating tribes known as the "people of the Aegean Sea?. At first they lived in Central Anatolia, building settlements over the ashes of Hittite cities like Hattusas, Alacahöyük, Pazarli and Alisar. At the beginning of the 8th century BC they set up their capital at Gordion.