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2,000-Year-Old Lion-Headed Gargoyle Damaged at Termessos

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2,000-Year-Old Lion-Headed Gargoyle Damaged at Termessos, the City Alexander the Great Could Not Conquer

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At the ancient city of Termessos, one of the most dramatic mountain strongholds of ancient Anatolia, a 2,000-year-old lion-headed gargoyle has been found broken, raising renewed concerns about the protection of archaeological heritage sites in Türkiye. Located at an altitude of around 1,150 meters in the Taurus Mountains near Antalya, Termessos is famously known as

A 1700-year-old statue of Pan unearthed during the excavations at Polyeuktos in İstanbul

A 1700-year-old statue of Pan unearthed during the excavations at Polyeuktos in İstanbul

The 1700-year-old statue of Pan was unearthed during the excavations conducted by İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cultural Heritage Department) at the Polyeuktos site. The excavations at Saraçhane Archaeology Park, where the Church of St. Polyeuktos is located, have been ongoing continuously since June 8, 2022. During the excavation works at Saraçhane Archaeology Park,

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