In the ancient city of Aphrodisias, dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, located in the Karacasu district of the Aydin province of […]
Tag: Anatolia
Using 3,500-year-old tablets, bread from the Hittite, Sumerian and Roman periods was baked
Bread is an indispensable food source in every period of history. In Anatolia, home to the transition to settled life, bread is considered both a […]
The first company in Anatolia was founded 4000 years ago in Kültepe with 15 kilos of gold
A 4000-year-old tablet found in Kültepe, one of the most important karums of the Assyrian trade colonies, shows that the first company in Anatolia was […]
Ancient cities in Anatolia, containing temple ruins of the enigmatic Mithras sun cult
The belief in Mitraism, which emerged in the 2nd century BC and was widespread in the Roman Empire and other regions until the 5th century, […]
A rare 9-million-year-old porcupine fossil was found in Anatolia
Scientists discovered animal fossils dating back 9 million years in a rural area in Tavas district of Denizli, including a rare quilled porcupine fossil rarely […]
The largest Iron Age painted pottery collection of Anatolia was unearthed at Oluz Mound
In Oluz Mound where evidence of the belief in Zoroastrianism, the earliest example of monotheistic belief in the Ancient Near East, has been found, the […]
The religious center of Lycia, the ancient city of Letoon
The religious center of the Lycian Kingdom, established in the southwest of Anatolia during the 2nd millennium BCE, Letoon Ancient City, sheds light on the […]