@article{2019,title={SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN WRESTLING IMAGES OF ANCIENT ASIA, ANATOLIA AND AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS},abstractNode={This study aims to investigate the similarities and differences in the wrestling images of ancient pre-Asian, Anatolian and African civilizations. In the paintings which were discovered in Mesopotamia and belonged to about 3000 BC, wrestlers are seen. Since ancient times, some themes, figures and characters have been depicted similar to each other. A similar situation is seen in wrestling figures. Some of the wrestlers are depicted with belt on their waist and some are without belt. Wrestler figures in the relief of the Ksanthos Wrestlers and in the grave of Isinda are similar. Wrestlers in figures have a large and cumbersome appearance. In Ksanthos, wrestlers are naked and have little holes in their ears. The wrestlers in the tombstones of Isinda wear short pants such as Assyrian and Babylonian. The wall paintings belonging to the Etruscans include naked or frost-wearing wrestlers. Wrestlers in ancient Greece are overweight, cumbersome looking and naked in their bodies. The wrestlers depicted in ancient Egypt are thin and wear skirts. Wrestlers are often depicted naked in sculptures. When the visuals belonging to the ancient Asian, Anatolian and African civilizations were examined, similarities and differences were found in the style of wrestling and the appearance of the wrestlers. Among the reasons of the similarities between the visuals are the perceptions of artists, the historical portrayal of each other in recent periods, and the cultural effects of the activities such as migration and trade. Instead of the rules of wrestling, information about the appearance of wrestlers can be obtained. },author={Mehmet İMAMOĞLU-Gülten İMAMOĞLU},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Social Sciences}}