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Archaeologists working in the center of modern İzmir have uncovered a rare Late Roman mosaic floor featuring the Solomon’s knot, a symbol long associated with protection against misfortune and the evil eye. The discovery was made during ongoing excavations at Smyrna, one of western Anatolia’s most important Greco-Roman urban centers. Found along Smyrna’s main ancient
7 years ago, after a shepherd stumbled upon bone fragments on the banks of the Yamula Dam, an 8-million-year-old ‘giant pig’ skull was discovered during excavations in the area. Yamula Dam is located in the Kocasinan district of Kayseri province in Central Anatolia. Murat Adıyaman, who works as a shepherd, found bone fragments on the
During the excavations in the ancient city of Assos, a ring stone from the Roman Imperial Period with the depiction of Athena, the main goddess of the city, was found. The ring stone was found in the city’s Xenedochion structure. The ancient city of Assos was founded on an extinct volcanic hill in the Ayvacık
Turkish underwater archaeologists found a 3,600-year-old silver riveted bronze dagger, which was determined to belong to the Cretan-Minos civilization, during an underwater excavation in a shipwreck off the coast of Antalya’s Kumluca district. The discovery was led by Assoc. Prof. Hakan Öniz from Akdeniz University. Underwater archaeology studies in the Kumluca region have been ongoing
Canhasan 3 Mound Excavation Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adnan Baysal said, “Canhasan 3 without pottery is a settlement dated 750 years before Çatalhöyük. The paints we encountered on the walls and floor of Canhasan 3 show us that this may be one of the settlements that prepared the Çatalhöyük culture.” Canhasan 3 Mound is located
7,000-year-old seals with animal figures were found in Arslantepe, one of the largest mounds in Türkiye, which was inhabited from 6000 BC until the 11th century AD. Arslantepe Mound is located in the town of Orduzu, 7 kilometers northeast of Malatya, near the western bank of the Euphrates River (Karakaya Dam Lake). The discoveries made
After 23 years of work, the relief depicting the embrace scene of Roman emperors Diocletianus and Maximianus was opened to visitors for the first time at the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum. After the 1999 Marmara Earthquake, a relief depicting the scene in which Roman Emperors Diocletianus and Maximianus got off the chariot and embraced each other
In the ancient city of Aphrodisias, dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, located in the Karacasu district of the Aydin province of Aydin in southwestern Türkiye, traces of a market dating back to the Anatolian principalities were found. Anatolian Principalities Period It is the period in which Turkmen beys established their sovereignty
The restoration of the 2,800-year-old Urartian water cistern unearthed in Harput Castle in Elazığ province in the Eastern Anatolia Region, known as the roof of Türkiye, has been completed. Harput Castle was built by the Urartians in the 8th century BC on a rectangular plan. The castle, which consists of two parts, the inner and
Carbonized chickpeas, wheat, apricot kernels, grapes and garlic grains dating back 2,800 years were found at Yassı Mound in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş. Since 2021, excavations at Yassı Mound, led by Assoc. Prof. Elif Baştürk of Ahi Evran University, have shown the existence of nine distinct layers that existed continuously between 6,000 BC
During excavations in Fethiye Castle, a 1800-year-old statue head thought to belong to the god Apollo was found. Situated in the Fethiye district of Mugla province in southwest Türkiye is the Fethiye Castle. Situated close to the rock tombs on a hilltop overlooking the city is Fethiye Castle, one of the city’s most emblematic buildings.
