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Written by Oguz Büyükyıldırım
A new excavation season is beginning at Pessinus, a site long recognized as one of Anatolia’s key religious and cultural centers. The project will be carried out under the direction of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adem Yurtsever of Anadolu University, following a recent reassignment of excavation leadership. The transition reflects the standard practice within Turkish archaeology
6,000-year-old shaped child skull found in Yassıhöyük, where layers from the 2,600-year-old Achaemenid period were found. Yassıhöyük is located in the Tanır neighborhood in the Afşin district of Kahramanmaraş. Prehistoric period layers were identified during the excavations carried out by the team led by Ahi Evran University Assistant Professor Elif Baştürk. Nine graves were unearthed
Exhibited in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, are gold objects from the Sakas (Scythians) period that were found during archaeological digs in the Altai Mountains region of eastern Kazakhstan. About 3000 years old gold artifacts from the Scythian period were exhibited at the National Museum of Kazakhstan under the theme “Great Dala Gold (Gold of
A Roman statue of a woman was found during excavations in the ancient city of Blaundos, located within the borders of Ulubey district of Uşak province in the Aegean Region of Türkiye. In a statement released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Roman-era female statue was unearthed in the western part of the
Archaeological excavations have begun in the ancient city of Lystra, mentioned in the Bible as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity. Lystra Ancient City is located near Hatunsaray Neighborhood in Meram district of Konya. Excavation Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlker Mete Mimiroğlu said, “Lystra was visited by Saint Paul in the 1st century. After
Chipped stone tools belonging to the late Ice Age people who migrated from Europe and lived in the region until 40,000 BC were found during ongoing archaeological excavations in the 86,000-year-old İnkaya Cave. Inkaya Cave is located at the western tip of Türkiye, in the Çan district of Çanakkale. The cave was discovered during the
More than 50 seal impressions belonging to members of the royal family, including princes, scribes and local temple lords, have been unearthed in the Hittite city of Šamuḫa, now known as the village of Kayalipinar, about 40 kilometers west of Sivas province in Türkiye. Šamuḫa was one of the most important centers of the Hittite
During the excavations of Ayasuluk Tepe and St. Jean Monument in Selçuk district of Izmir, a sarcophagus, which is thought to belong to ‘Roman gladiator Euphrates’ in the 3rd century BC, was discovered. It was determined that the 2300-year-old sarcophagus was reused in the 5th century AD and 12 skeletons were placed inside. Ayasuluk Tepe
The Neolithic human skull discovered during the ongoing archaeological excavations at Sefertepe within the scope of the Stone Hills Project (Turkish: Taş Tepeler Projesi) provides new information about burial traditions. Sefertepe is an important settlement from the Pottery-Free Neolithic Period located in the Viranşehir district of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Türkiye. Sefertepe provides important information about
Stamp seals were discovered in a 7450-year-old layer in Domuztepe Mound, which is thought to be the intermediate link connecting Göbekli Tepe and the Sumerians. In the layer where the stamp seals were found, the remains of three silos with a diameter of 3 meters were also found. Domuztepe Mound is located in the Türkoğlu
Archaeologists continue to work on the Hittite-era fortification structure unearthed at the 9,000-year-old Yumuktepe Mound in Mersin province, Türkiye. The uninterrupted settlement from the Neolithic period to the present day makes Yumuktepe a “cradle of civilizations”. The fact that traces of the first castle-like structure in the world were found in the layer dated to
