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One of Turkey’s hidden archaeological gems, Tralleis Ancient City in Aydın, is set to welcome visitors starting August 2025. This milestone marks the fulfillment of a 23-year dream for excavation director Prof. Dr. Murat Çekilmez, who has dedicated his entire academic career to this historic site. From Student Volunteer to Excavation Director Prof. Çekilmez first
A group of archaeology students working at the archaeological site of Philippi in northern Greece have unearthed the marble head of a statue believed to be of the god Apollo. The Greek Ministry of Culture announced the discovery in a statement on Thursday. Archaeologists say the statue head can be dated to the 2nd or
British archaeologists have discovered Iranian glass beads in a Bronze Age settlement dubbed ‘Britain’s Pompeii’. The so-called Pompeii of Britain is a Bronze Age settlement known as Must Farm in Cambridgeshire, England. Dating from 1200-800 BC, the settlement was abruptly abandoned after a fire and thus very well preserved. Excavations in 2016 unearthed circular wooden
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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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“,
