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Anatolian News . Southeastern Anatolia
Written by Emma Carola
The 2025 archaeological season at Perre, one of the five principal cities of the ancient Kingdom of Commagene, has come to a close with significant new discoveries that deepen the understanding of the city’s religious and social landscape. The work, carried out across a newly uncovered 2,500-square-meter area in Adıyaman’s Örenli district, has revealed architectural
Archaeologists have discovered on the east coast of Corsica the first Etruscan house structure dating from the 6th to 4th centuries BC. Archaeologists from Inrap, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, uncovered the Etruscan house structure as part of a project to build a detached house in the municipality of Ghisonaccia. Until today,
New season excavations begin in the ancient city of Satala, which dates back to the Bronze Age. Satala Ancient City is located in the Kelkit district of Gumushane in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Türkiye. Satala, which gathered Antioch, Cappadocia and Trabzon at a crossroads, was an important fortress in the defense of Rome,
Bread is an indispensable food source in every period of history. In Anatolia, home to the transition to settled life, bread is considered both a foodstuff and a sacred food offered to the gods. The Hittites are a Bronze Age civilization that stands out with its bread making and diversity. Hundreds of tablets unearthed in
Croatian underwater archaeologists have discovered rare bronze trumpets, unique on a global scale, on a sunken 16th-century ship near Cape Kamenjak off the southern coast of Istria. The bronze trumpets were found in the cargo of a sixteenth-century Dutch shipwreck in Leiden, the Netherlands. Dr. Luka Bekić of the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in
Azeri and Italian archaeologists have discovered a 3500-year-old rest stop used by nomadic peoples in Azerbaijan. Working in the area known as Tava Tepe, near the border between Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, the team found the remains of a rest stop. According to the archaeologists, the monumental structure was used by nomadic communities moving between
Excavation work has begun to unearth the Koressos Gate, one of the three known gates of the ancient city of Ephesus, one of the largest port cities of the ancient world. The Koressos Gate will be excavated by a team led by Professor Martin Steskal of the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of
A secret ritual was discovered in the Temple of Mithras in Zerzevan Castle, which was used as a “military settlement” during the Roman Empire. Zerzevan Castle, where the Temple of Mithras is located, is located in Diyarbakır province in southeastern Türkiye. The temple in the castle is known as the last Mithras temple in the
During excavations in Büklükale, which is thought to have served as an important military base for the Hittites, a seal belonging to the Hittite royal family was unearthed. The inscription “He who breaks dies” on the seal attracted attention. Büklükale is located about 100 kilometers southeast of Ankara, on the banks of the Kızılırmak River,
In Cappadocia, famous for its fairy chimneys, a necropolis area with a different type of grave that has never been seen before was unearthed. The necropolis area was found during excavations on the highway connecting Göreme to the town of Ortahisar, which was closed to transportation in 2022. The excavation project is a part of
A tablet found during excavations in Hattuša (today’s Boğazkale), the capital of the Hittite State, in 2023 revealed the existence of a lost language, Kalašma. According to scientists, Kalašma was used by a people named Kalašma who lived in the vicinity of Gerede district of Bolu province in modern-day Türkiye. “These texts show that Anatolia
