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Located in the historical town of Selçuk in Türkiye’s İzmir province, the Ephesus Museum offers an extraordinary journey through time with its vast collection of approximately 4,000 artifacts. Stretching from the Mycenaean period (1600–1100 BCE) to the Ottoman era, the museum is a cultural bridge between ancient civilizations and modern-day visitors. Curated under the Turkish
Excavation work has been initiated to find the earthquake that destroyed the ancient city of Ephesus, located in the Selçuk district of İzmir, on the western coast of Türkiye. Ephesus Ancient City is known for the Celsus Library, one of the largest libraries in the ancient world, the Artemis Temple dedicated to Artemis, and the
In the context of a stolen historical artifact operation in the USA, it was announced that an artwork, which was revealed to have been smuggled from Turkey, will be returned. According to a news article in Sözcü, a bronze bust worth 5 million dollars, which has been displayed at the Worcester Art Museum for 60
Museum officials responding to an illegal excavation tip in Adıyaman province of Türkiye discovered 1700-year-old chamber tombs dating back to the Roman period. Adıyaman Museum Teams determined the presence of a 1700-year-old chamber tomb from the Roman period during their excavation in the rural area of Petrol Neighborhood. During the excavation work that was initiated,
In the ancient city of Daskyleion, a 2,500-year-old dice game board belonging to a Persian man was found, which experts consider an important discovery for Anatolian history. It was determined that the inscription found on the dice game board at the Daskyleion archaeological site in Hisartepe, Ergili neighborhood of Bandırma district in Balıkesir, was written
Efforts are ongoing to uncover the entire main street of Phaselis Ancient City, which has a 2,000-year-old history and was once walked upon by important figures like Roman Emperor Caesar and Macedonian King Alexander the Great. Phaselis Ancient City is located in the district of Kemer in Antalya, Türkiye. An archaeological team, led by Prof.
Archaeologists have discovered brain and skin remnants belonging to two individuals who perished 3,700 years ago in the collapsed houses at Tavşanlı Höyük excavations. The exciting discovery was announced during a presentation by the experts of the Tavşanlı Höyük excavation at the 29th European Association of Archaeologists Congress held in Belfast, the capital of Northern
The International Hittitology Congress, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, will be held in Istanbul from September 4th to 8th this year. Since 1990, the traditional Hittitology congress has been bringing together scholars, and this year in Istanbul, it will have the theme of ‘Green Congress.’ The
In the ancient city of Olympos in the Kumluca district of Antalya, ongoing excavations in 26 different locations have revealed many mosaics created using the opus tessellatum technique. Olympos, in the Lycian period, was the second important port city after Phaselis. The city takes its name from Mount Tahtalı, which is one of the western
Archaeologists unearthed well-preserved 2,700-year-old pithoi in an area known as ‘Garibin Tepe,’ which was discovered during illegal excavations in the central Tuşba district of Van in eastern Turkey. Garibin Tepe is located 3 kilometers away from Ayanis Castle, one of the most magnificent structures of the Urartian civilization. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism initiated
Kibyra or Cibyra, also known as the “city of gladiators,” is an ancient city and an archaeological site in southwest Türkiye near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It was founded by the Iron Age kingdom of Lydia in the 1st millennium BC. The surroundings of the city was located on the crossroads
