A 4,500-year-old funerary monument discovered in East Yorkshire
A 4500-year-old burial monument, along with a burnt mound and parts of a Roman road, have been discovered in East Yorkshire during fieldwork ahead of the construction of a sewer. The discovery was made by archaeologists from Ecus Archaeology for Yorkshire Water. Although the analysis part of the research has not yet begun, it seems
Two open-air temple thought to belong to the Urartians discovered in Tunceli
Archaeologists have discovered two separate open-air temple, one in the easternmost and the other in the westernmost part of Tunceli province. The discovery was made by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan Erdoğan, Head of the Department of Protohistory and Prehistoric Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yozgat Bozok
The unique “twin baby stele” that survived from the Ancient Greek
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens announced that the unique “twin baby stele” from Ancient Greece has gone on display. The stele of the unique twin babies will be on display for only a few weeks as part of the exhibition project “Unseen Museum“. The fragment, known as the “stele of twin babies”, depicting two
The frescoes of the thousand-year-old Beşaret Church are in danger of disappearing
The thousand-year-old rock-carved Beşaret church in the Koramaz valley, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is in danger of disappearing due to neglect and damage caused by treasure hunters. Koramaz Valley is a valley in Kocasinan district of Kayseri province in Türkiye. Formed as a result of an earthquake fracture, the length
Derinkuyu Underground City: The Mysterious Labyrinth of Cappadocia
Derinkuyu Underground City is one of the most impressive underground cities in the Cappadocia region, located in the Derinkuyu district of Nevşehir, Türkiye. Derinkuyu is situated 30 kilometers away from Nevşehir, which is centrally located in Türkiye. Discovered by a villager by chance in 1963, Derinkuyu Underground City was opened to visitors in 1967. It
2400-year-old artifacts found in the Black Sea’s first scientific underwater excavation
The first scientific underwater excavation of the Black Sea was carried out in Kerpe Bay. Dozens of historical artifacts dating from the 4th century BC to the 12th century AD were unearthed. Kerpe is a small settlement on the western Black Sea coast of Kandıra district of Kocaeli province in northern Turkey. Kerpe was known
A 16th century Italian ‘vampire’ found buried with a brick in its mouth has had its face reconstructed
The face of a “vampire” whose grave was dug up in Venice in the 16th century and found with a brick in his mouth has been reconstructed. Archaeologists made an interesting discovery while excavating mass graves on the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo in Venice in 2006. In one of the graves, a female skeleton was
A new and unique plant species discovered in Adana has been named after the city’s mythological name
A new plant species has been discovered in Adana’s Tufanbeyli district in southern Türkiye. Prof. Dr. İsmail Eker, a faculty member at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Department of Biology, Department of Botany, stated that the discovered plant species is unique and has never been seen anywhere before. Eker named this new plant species “Adanus“,
Human brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12 000 years
A study by forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward and her team from the University of Oxford has shown that the human brain can survive the test of time far better than previously believed. This finding shows that human brains are surprisingly resistant to disintegration, which is a sharp contrast to previous theories. Researchers, canvassed archaeologists around
1800-Year-Old Roman Theater in Iznik Restored
The Iznik Roman Theater, a 2nd-century structure built during the Roman Empire, has been fully restored after extensive renovations. The theater, located in the Iznik district of Bursa, Türkiye, is one of the best-preserved Roman theaters in the country. The Iznik (Nicaea) Theater was built by the Roman Emperor Trajan for the historian and writer