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In the ancient city of Sagalassos, located in Türkiye’s Burdur province, archaeologists are conducting a detailed study of a 2,000-year-old woman’s shoeprint preserved on a clay tile. The rare Roman-era find offers new insight into women’s roles in ancient society and will soon be recreated in full detail. A Rediscovered Trace of Daily Life Sagalassos,
In 2023, archaeologists discovered a rare lump of Tyrian Purple during excavations at a Roman Bath on the grounds of Carlisle Cricket Club. During the excavations carried out by the archaeologists and volunteers of the Roman Carlisle Reveal Project, the sewage system of a monumental building with baths built in the 3rd century during the
Archaeological excavation and cleaning works have started in Turuş rock tombs, one of the largest rock cemeteries in Türkiye. Turuş Rock Tombs is a historical cemetery located on the borders of Kuyulu village of Adıyaman, at the 40th km of Adıyaman-Şanlıurfa highway. This cemetery, which is completely built on a rocky hill, consists of more
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, US, has announced that it has returned to Türkiye an ancient bronze statue head of Boubonian origin that it said it bought from an antique dealer in 1971. The ancient city of Boubon is located in Ibecik village, Gölhisar district, Burdur province. Boubon, which was a member
In 2004, during construction work in the eastern cemetery of the ancient Roman city of Ovilava (now Wels in Upper Austria), an extraordinary tomb was discovered. At first assessment, experts also thought it was an early medieval double tomb of a married couple and a horse due to the unusual features of the grave. 20
The seated Buddha statue was discovered by chance in a mound excavated in a paddy field where soil for the production of bricks for the Deegawapiya Stupa Conservation Project was being dug up. This statue, which is in very good condition, is made of some metal. Although it is not possible to state the exact
The ancient city of Ephesus, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, can be visited after sunset as of April 9 with the “Night Museology” application of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The ancient city of Ephesus has a history dating back to the 10th century BC. It is known that the first
Perinthos Ancient City, one of the most important ancient cities of Thrace and also the largest theater, was founded in the 6th century BC by communities from the island of Samos. Perinthos Ancient City is located in Marmara Ereğlisi District of Tekirdağ Province. Its strategic location, being at the crossroads of trade routes and having
New Bronze Age petroglyphs have been discovered in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan by volunteers of the nationwide Taza (Clean) Kazakhstan environmental campaign. Around 3.5 kilometers from the Aktogay village in the Sarysu district, at the foot of the towering ridges, were where the rock carvings were discovered during the second week of the campaign,
The ROOTS team discovered a previously unknown Late Neolithic settlement near the Tamiš River in Northeast Serbia. The discovery provides important new insights into the Late Neolithic period in Southeast Europe. The ROOTS team was formed in collaboration with the Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad (Serbia), the National Museum Zrenjanin and the National Museum
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner said that the painted hieroglyphs discovered in the Yerkapı tunnel in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire, opened a new page in the Hittite world. Discovered in 2022 by Mardin Artuklu University Archaeology Department Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Genç, the painted hieroglyphs were introduced at a conference held at
