December 11, 2024 The sun rises from Anatolia

The goddess figurine stolen from Çatalhöyük 84 years ago has returned to Türkiye

November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024

The mother goddess figurine found during excavations at the important Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia in 1960 has returned...

Scientists are examining the headless infant skeletons found in well graves in Savatra

October 21, 2024

October 21, 2024

Scientists have begun to examine the headless infant skeletons found in earthenware pots during the excavation work at the ancient...

Surface surveys have begun to locate the battlefield where the Anatolian Seljuks and the Crusaders clashed

October 6, 2024

October 6, 2024

The Turkish army, commanded by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan I. Kılıçarslan, fought against a Crusader army of 300,000 in the...

Archaeological excavations have started in the ancient city of Lystra, known as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity

September 22, 2024

September 22, 2024

Archaeological excavations have begun in the ancient city of Lystra, mentioned in the Bible as the place where St. Paul...

The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, considered the oldest hotel in Konya, has started to serve again

June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024

The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, which is considered to be the oldest hotel in Konya, completed its restoration and started to...

Sidamara, the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world

May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

Weighing 32 tons, the Sidamara Sarcophagus, known as the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world, was found in the village...

Archaeologists discover 8,600-year-old world’s oldest bread at Çatalhöyük

March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024

Excavations at Çatalhöyük, one of the first urbanization sites of the Neolithic period, unearthed 8,600-year-old “bread”. Archaeologists say the bread...

A new underground city connected to the Roman “Sarayini” underground city was discovered in Konya

January 24, 2024

January 24, 2024

A new underground city connected to each other by tunnels has been discovered one kilometer north of the Roman-era “Sarayini”...

Archaeologists found an 8500-year-old trepanned skull at Çatalhöyük

December 23, 2023

December 23, 2023

A skull found in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in Konya showed traces of trepanation (skull drilling). Çatalhöyük is...

The ancient city of Derbe, mentioned in the Bible, cannot be excavated due to insufficient funding

October 29, 2023

October 29, 2023

The ancient city of Derbe, which was a center of the bishopric in the early years of Christianity and mentioned...