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Göbeklitepe'den Sonra Karahantepe Heyecanı

Göbeklitepe'deki dikili taşlarla benzerlik gösteren ve ilk belirlemelere göre neolitik döneme ait "T" şeklinde 250 dikilitaşın bulunduğu Şanlıurfa'daki Karahantepe'de kazılar başladı.

TurkishArchaeology, Turkey

Urartu Museum in its new venue

The new Urartu Museum building in the south of Van Castle was opened in the eastern province of Van, moving from its former premises after receiving damage during earthquakes that rattled the ancient city on Oct. 23 and Nov. 9, 2011.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Historic road to ancient stadium comes to light

The street that provides access to Anatolia’s largest ancient stadium, the Laodicea Stadium, is being unearthed. The stadium is located next to the ancient city of Laodicea and has a capacity of 25,000 to 30,000 people.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Inhabitants of Neolithic Çatalhöyük Suffered from Intestinal Parasites

An international team of archaeologists has found 8,000-year-old eggs of the whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) in coprolites (fossilized feces) from Çatalhöyük, a prehistoric settlement inhabited from about 7100 to 5600 BCE — the earliest archaeological...

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Gladyatörler Kenti'nin Tiyatrosu Gün Işığına Çıkıyor

Muğla'nın Yatağan ilçesinde dünyanın en büyük mermer şehri olarak bilinen Stratonikeia Antik Kenti'ndeki 2200 yıllık antik tiyatro gün ışığına çıkarılıyor. UNESCO Kültürel Mirası Geçici Listesi’nde yer alan ve ‘Gladyatörler Şehri’ olarak da bilinen S...

TurkishArchaeology, Turkey

Great interest in online program on Turkey’s archaeological assets

The online certificate program “Safeguarding and Rescuing Archaeological Assets” prepared within the scope of the Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey (SARAT) project has received more than 1,000 applications within the first 24 hours since i...

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Tevfikiye village turns into a Troy-era archaeology park

Tevfikiye village in the northwestern province of Çanakkale has been turned into an archeology village depicting the Troy era. 

EnglishArchaeology, Turkey

Ancient harbor bath, imperial salon in İzmir waiting to be rescued

An archeological site consisting of a harbor bath and an imperial salon from Roman times in the Aegean province of İzmir is waiting to be rescued after it submerged in flood waters. Archeologists say the water must be discharged from the site before ...

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

European Paleolithic Art Reveals Use of Complex Astronomy

As far back as 40,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic), ancient people kept track of time using relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Year of Göbeklitepe in Turkey

Göbeklitepe, a site in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa hailed as the world’s oldest temple, is getting ready to host a record number of tourists next year, after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 25 declared 2019 the “Year of Göbeklitepe....

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Ancient theater being unearthed in Smyrna (Izmir)

An ancient theater in the Aegean city of İzmir, built when its name was Smyrna during the Hellenistic period and buried under soil 1,500 years ago, is being unearthed in excavations. 

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

The Poor Man of Nippur - World's first film in Babylonian

Cambridge Assyriology students led by Dr Martin Worthington have made the world's first film in Babylonian. Based on a 2,700-year-old poem, 'The Poor Man of Nippur' is a violent and comic story of revenge.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Zeugma mosaic becomes symbol of Gaziantep

The fragments of the “Meanad” mosaic, which was smuggled from the ancient city of Zeugma in the southeastern province of Gaziantep and is known as the Gypsy Girl mosaic, was returned to Turkey last week. The mosaic, depicting one of daughters of the ...

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Thousands of Years Ago, Women Were Trading in Anatolia

Historic documents unearthed during excavations in Anatolia’s oldest international trade center, Assyrian Trade colony Kaniş-Karum, have revealed that women made commercial deals and impressed their seal 4,000 years ago.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

Underground City in Yozgat Prepares for Tourism

A 1,700-year-old underground city in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat has come to the surface after the houses closing its entrance were expropriated and knocked down.

EnglishArchaeology, General, Turkey

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