Turkey Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 3,500-year-old fragmented skull and femur that probably belonged to the Hittite period were recently unearthed in Sapinuwa (now Çorum) in central Anatolia,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hurriyet Daily News reports that an ancient city, about 1.5 kilometers in diameter, was discovered four to 10 meters below the ground in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır have discovered 48 ancient lamps dating back around 1,500 years. The lamps were discovered during excavations at the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 12,000-year-old lake dried up after a team of treasure hunters carried out an authorized excavation to unearth an ancient trove in Turkey's
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located within the borders of the Torbalı district of the Aegean province of İzmir, Turkey continue
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A decision to deliberately destroy a 12,000-year-old Mesopotamian city has sparked outrage and controversy. Hasankeyf, located on the banks of the Tigris River
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two 2,000-year-old marble eagle statues have been discovered in a Hellenistic temple at the Kınık Mound, located near the Yeşilyurt village in Niğde's Altunhisar
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago, has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the ancient city of Euromus,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations at the ancient Urartu fortress in eastern Turkey's Van province will help to solve the mysteries of a 2,700-year-old temple. For the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -The lost kingdom of Urartu is shrouded in mystery and still very little is known about this ancient place and the origin of its
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - According to a new fascinating theory there may be a secret ancient lunar calendar hidden at a Hittite sanctuary in Turkey. Archaeologists have
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -The ancient city of Carchemish (Karkamış), which was in the past, the most important administration center for the Hittite Empire in the region, will
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some 9,000 years ago, residents of Çatalhöyük (on modern Turkey,) one of the world's first large farming communities experienced overcrowding, infectious diseases, violence
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An underground city partly submerged underwater and estimated to be around 5,000 years old was discovered by municipality crews trying to determine the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 2,300-year-old tablet with the ancient Greek alphabet was accidentally discovered inside the garden wall of a school in Turkey's southwestern Mugla province
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered 3,500-year-old Hittite hieroglyphs inside a barn located in Turkey's historical Cappadocia region, which is expected to shed light on an
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 20-meter-deep tunnel, which could lead to an ancient underground city, was recently discovered in Turkey's central Kayseri province. The tunnel is one-meter-wide
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A wave of migrants from what is now Greece and Turkey arrived in Britain some 6,000 years ago and replaced the existing hunter-gatherers
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers excavating at the nearly 2,400-year-old ancient city of Smyrna, have recently unearthed a part of the ancient city's theater, located on the side
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Ancient mosaics were discovered in construction site in southern Turkey's Osmaniye province. The ancient mosaics, believed to date back to the first century, were found
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AncientPages.com - Myths and legends of dragons were common among ancient people. Today we can find many places that have been named in memory of dragons that were once
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AncientPages.com - A Bronze Age and Iron Age city complex that could be Kummanni, known as a place of worship, has been unearthed by the Swiss-Turkish expedition archaeological team.
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AncientPages.com - An ancient city dating back 2,700 years was uncovered in Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale after three years of work in the area, reports Daily Sabah. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 2,200-year-old ancient city of Aigai in the western province of Manisa’s Yunusemre district, once again reveals its secrets that shed light on the
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AncientPages.com - The 4,000-year-old ancient city of Troy is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Located in what today is known as Anatolia in modern
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AncientPages.com - A 1,700-year-old Roman marble bust has been unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Soli Pompeiopolis in the southern province of Mersin’s Mezitli district, Turkey. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists discovered ruins and mosaics in Turkey’s southwestern city of Muğla and the findings are confirmed to belong to the villa of fisherman
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AncientPages.com - During continuous excavations conducted in the area of ancient Zerzevan Castle, archaeologists found two new corridors in a 1,700-year-old Roman-era temple linked to the Mithras religion. The
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AncientPages.com - The discovery of Czarist officer's corpse in Turkey has led to a dispute between Russia and Poland. Both countries claim the body and Turkey is busy trying
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