During the excavations at Zernaki Hill, mud brick fragments containing the map of the ancient city were found
In the gridded layout remnants of an ancient city covering approximately 270 hectares in Erciş district of Van, mudbrick pieces were discovered with sketches depicting the city’s layout. The excavations at Zernaki Hill are being conducted under the leadership of Van Museum Directorate, supervised by Professor Dr. Rafet Çavuşoğlu, the Dean of the Faculty of
The original of Philiskos’ famous dancing Muses statue has been uncovered
The original of the famous dancing Muses statue by Philiskos, one of the renowned sculptors of the Hellenistic period, has been unearthed. The original statue of the Muses, which is 2175 years old and has Roman period copies in Perga, Rhodes, and the island of Delos, was discovered during excavations in Stratonikeia. The city where
Archaeologists uncover more than 2,000 seal impressions in the Ancient city of Doliche
Archaeologists from the Asia Minor Research Center uncovered the city archives in the ancient city of Doliche in south-eastern Turkey and recovered over 2,000 seal impressions used to seal documents. Doliche is an ancient city located at the northern fringe of Gaziantep in SE Türkiye. It is a significant religious center that has been associated
1900-year-old child footprints were found in Stratonikeia, the City of Immortal Loves
In ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Stratonikeia, known as the City of Immortal Loves, 1900-year-old child footprints have been discovered. Located 7 kilometers west of Yatağan District in Muğla Province, Stratonikeia is situated within the boundaries of Eskihisar Village. The city is also known in the ancient period as the City of Gladiators.
One of the oldest known Byzantine churches was found in Diyarbakır
The excavation uncovered one of the oldest Byzantine churches found in Diyarbakır. The church, estimated to be 1500 years old, contains 46 tombs. The team conducting surface surveys in Diyarbakır’s Kulp district found a coin dating back to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I. Following this discovery, an excavation was initiated in the
The statues on Mount Nemrut are being preserved with nano cells
Stone statues of many Greek and Persian gods, built by Antiochos Theos, king of Commagene, on the summit of Mount Nemrut in 62 BC, were protected by injecting nano cells. According to the news on IHA, last year, cracks in the statues on Mount Nemrut, which is listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and has
It turned out that the water nymph statue unearthed in Bartın was Aphrodite
During excavations in the ancient city of Amastris in Bartın, it was determined that the statue of the water nymph found three meters below the surface is actually a statue of Aphrodite. While examinations were ongoing to determine the characteristics of the statue with both Aphrodite and water nymph features, the statue was exhibited in
The story of the 1500-year-old baptismal bucket found by a villager named Temo in Zerzevan Castle
In Zerzevan Castle, the border garrison of the Roman Empire, a villager named Temo found an ancient baptismal bucket while digging the soil to repair the wall of his house. Temo, who did not know the true value of the bucket, used it to give water to his animals for a while and then traded
New discoveries in the world’s oldest shipwreck
In the shipwreck known as the ‘oldest known shipwreck’ in the world, located in Kumluca from the Middle Bronze Age, personal belongings of the sailors were found along with copper ingots. Dr. Hakan Öniz, the excavation director of the Middle Bronze Age Shipwreck in Kumluca, stated that they have been conducting research for 3 years
The new discoveries at Kültepe Kanesh Karum, which was the accommodation place for Assyrian traders
New discoveries shedding light on the Bronze Age period have been made in ongoing excavations at Kültepe Kanesh Karum, which served as the trading hub for Assyrian merchants who brought writing to Anatolia. Kültepe Kanesh Karum is located in the Kayseri province of Türkiye. In the Assyrian language, ‘karum’ means harbor or port, and it