A Lost City Revealed by Chance: Ara Güler’s Photographs Brought Aphrodisias to the World
In 1958, the ancient city of Aphrodisias had yet to enter global awareness when Ara Güler took a wrong turn on a rural road in southwestern Türkiye.He was on assignment, covering a dam project in Aydın province. But an unexpected detour led him to the village of Geyre—and to something far older than anything he
A Pledge of Loyalty in the East of Rome: The Augustus Oath of Anatolia
April 16, 1900… Belgian historian Bishop Franz Cumont of Amasya encountered a stone, a silent witness to history, in the courtyard of an Orthodox Church in Vezirköprü. Cumont’s simple note, “Monday, April 16: Copied an inscription in a Greek Church,” was actually the discovery of a treasure that would illuminate the history of the Roman
The granary was found in the ancient city of Sebaste, founded by the first Roman emperor Augustus
In the ongoing excavation works at the ancient city of Sebaste in Uşak, founded by the first Roman emperor Augustus, a granary belonging to the bishopric center of that period was uncovered. Sebaste Ancient City is located in the town of Selçikler in the western province of Uşak, Turkey. The archaeological excavations carried out under