19 historical artifacts smuggled abroad brought to Türkiye
Thousands of artifacts illegally smuggled out of Türkiye have been brought back thanks to the successful efforts of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The number of artifacts returned to Türkiye has reached 12,139 since 2002 and 7,823 since 2018. Finally, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that 19 artifacts returned from the UK,
Visitors will be able to visit the hole made by the meteorite that fell on Mount Ararat 1 million years ago
Work is underway to open the meteorite pit, which was formed when a meteorite hit Mount Pain, Türkiye’s largest mountain, 1 million years ago, to visitors. Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) is also known as the mountain where the ark of the prophet Noah ran aground after the flood. Mount Ararat is an extinct volcano with
Türkiye backs Athens’ demand for the return of the Elgin Marbles from the UK
Türkiye supports the return of the Elgin marbles to Greece, which were taken to Britain by Thomas Bruce, the Scottish Lord of Elgin, who served as British Ambassador to Istanbul between 1801 and 1812. Elgin argued that the statues were in danger of destruction and should be taken to England for preservation. The move sparked
New photos from the ancient city of Laodicea, a favorite of tens of thousands of visitors
Located in the province of Denizli in western Türkiye, the ancient city of Laodicea, which dates back 5500 years, has hosted tens of thousands of visitors to date. Laodicea, founded on the southern bank of the Lycus River, was an important trade center and an important Hellenistic city-state. The city was named after Laodike, the
Another bronze statue head smuggled from the ancient city of Boubon returned to Türkiye
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, US, has announced that it has returned to Türkiye an ancient bronze statue head of Boubonian origin that it said it bought from an antique dealer in 1971. The ancient city of Boubon is located in Ibecik village, Gölhisar district, Burdur province. Boubon, which was a member
The 10 historical artifacts kidnapped from Türkiye to Italy are being brought back to the country
Türkiye has added a new one to its successful efforts to return illegally smuggled cultural assets to the country’s soil. Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that 10 artifacts illegally smuggled out of Türkiye were seized by the Italian Cultural Police in Florence and handed over to the Ambassador of Türkiye to
Anatolia’s Largest museum cleaned from traces of flood
The Şanlurfa Archeology and Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum, which was impacted by the flood disaster that struck the southeast city on March 15 and resulted in the deaths of 18 people and the injuries of 62 others, is still cleaning and restoring historical artifacts. The flood occurred as a result of the overflow of three streams
The United States announced that an artwork, which was revealed to have been smuggled from Türkiye, will be returned
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
City of Gladiators or The City of Fast-Running Horses: Ancient city of Kibyra
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
An impressive prehistoric architectural engineering “Karahantepe”
Karahantepe, known locally as “Keçilitepe”, is a prehistoric site in an upland area of the Tektek Mountains in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Türkiye. Located just over 45 kilometers (27 miles) east of Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe was first discovered in 1997. While the archaeological site has still not been fully excavated, digs have revealed that