At Termessos, Archaeologists Restore Two Monumental Tombs After Millennia
High on the rugged slopes beneath Mount Güllük, one of Türkiye’s most dramatic archaeological landscapes has begun to reveal its monumental funerary architecture once more. Termessos—protected for millennia by its steep terrain and remembered as the mountain city that even Alexander the Great could not conquer—is now the focus of an ambitious restoration campaign that
2,000-Year-Old Shops and Stoa Unearthed in Patara, the Capital of the Ancient Lycian League
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable new section of the ancient city of Patara, located in Türkiye’s Antalya province, revealing a series of 2,000-year-old shops and a stoa (colonnaded walkway) near the city’s monumental gate. Once the capital of the Lycian League, one of the earliest known democratic federations in history, Patara continues to captivate with