The Konya Time Museum is Türkiye’s first time museum, which stops the flow of time and takes visitors on a journey into the past. The […]
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The tombstones in the Seljuk Cemetery in Konya are being restored
The historical tombstones in the Musalla Cemetery, one of the prominent Seljuk cemeteries in Konya, which served as the capital of the Anatolian Seljuks, are […]
The goddess figurine stolen from Çatalhöyük 84 years ago has returned to Türkiye
The mother goddess figurine found during excavations at the important Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia in 1960 has returned to Türkiye. The 9,000-year-old mother […]
Scientists are examining the headless infant skeletons found in well graves in Savatra
Scientists have begun to examine the headless infant skeletons found in earthenware pots during the excavation work at the ancient city of Savatra in order […]
Surface surveys have begun to locate the battlefield where the Anatolian Seljuks and the Crusaders clashed
The Turkish army, commanded by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan I. Kılıçarslan, fought against a Crusader army of 300,000 in the triangle of Amasya, Konya, and […]
Archaeological excavations have started in the ancient city of Lystra, known as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity
Archaeological excavations have begun in the ancient city of Lystra, mentioned in the Bible as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity. Lystra Ancient City […]
The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, considered the oldest hotel in Konya, has started to serve again
The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, which is considered to be the oldest hotel in Konya, completed its restoration and started to serve as a hotel again. […]
Sidamara, the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world
Weighing 32 tons, the Sidamara Sarcophagus, known as the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world, was found in the village of Ambar, formerly Sidamara, on […]
Archaeologists discover 8,600-year-old world’s oldest bread at Çatalhöyük
Excavations at Çatalhöyük, one of the first urbanization sites of the Neolithic period, unearthed 8,600-year-old “bread”. Archaeologists say the bread may be the oldest known […]
A new underground city connected to the Roman “Sarayini” underground city was discovered in Konya
A new underground city connected to each other by tunnels has been discovered one kilometer north of the Roman-era “Sarayini” underground city in the Sarayönü […]