11. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

vals. Two doors, one above the other, are Cıearly drawn in one of the seetions.They were in the long wal1, bordering site A, on the site of the Regia,the continuation of the Mese after the Milion, that ended at the Palace.The upper door was 31 metres above sea level, and the lower door 26metres above sea leveL. We can thus conclude that two floors existed oneabove the other with a difference of 5 metres between them, the higherfloor at the level of the Mese and of the Hippodrome, the lower floor atthe levels of the Walker Trust Peristyle (photos 7-8). At 21 metres abovesea level there is also evidence of a substructure level (Photo 9). Theseare the three terraces, subdivisions of the main Upper Terrace.At the other end of the Palace, down the hill, near the sea, site F supportsthe conclusions reached in site A. In Mamboury and Wiegand'sSurvey, a seetion of the City wal1, in Fa, (Photo 10) confirms the fivemetredifference between the two floors, in this case, a ground and an undergroundfloor: the ground floor at approximately 15 metres above sealevel (Photo 11), the lower floor at 10.30 metres above sea level (Photo12). In the first case the level of the floor above is indicated by the top ofthe vaults of the walkway. In the second case, the paving of the walkwayİndicates the level of the substructures A further level, at 6 metres abovesea level, was also connected with substructures (Photo 13). Therefore,here too, three terraces existed, as subdivisİons of the Lower Terrace.The general height, of 5 metres for each floor, might be confirmed,as has been suggested by Dr. Albrecht Berger and Mr. Peter Berzobohatty,also by Roman measurements, wherea multiple of the Roman foot(32 cm. ca.) is very near to 5 metres (32 cm.x15=4.80 ca).Further investigations are essential to gain a ful1er understanding ofthe entire area of the Great Palace: the six terraces in which the two majorterraces have been divided are anyway a first step in that direction.21