Mosaics created with the opus tessellatum technique have been uncovered during the excavations at the ancient city of Olympos
In the ancient city of Olympos in the Kumluca district of Antalya, ongoing excavations in 26 different locations have revealed many mosaics created using the opus tessellatum technique. Olympos, in the Lycian period, was the second important port city after Phaselis. The city takes its name from Mount Tahtalı, which is one of the western
2,700-year-old pithoi belonging to the Urartians were found in Garibin Tepe, which was unearthed as a result of illegal excavations
Archaeologists unearthed well-preserved 2,700-year-old pithoi in an area known as ‘Garibin Tepe,’ which was discovered during illegal excavations in the central Tuşba district of Van in eastern Turkey. Garibin Tepe is located 3 kilometers away from Ayanis Castle, one of the most magnificent structures of the Urartian civilization. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism initiated
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
The relief, which is considered to belong to the Sun god Helios, was found during infrastructure works
A headless relief thought to belong to the Sun God Helios was found during the infrastructure works carried out in the Alaşehir district of Manisa in western Turkey. Alaşehir Mayor Ahmet Öküzcüoğlu stated that the relief, which is now under protection at the St. Jean Church under the supervision of the Culture and Museum Directorate,
3000-year-old wooden were discovered underwater in the sacred city of Nerik, the Hittites’ holy city
In ongoing archaeological excavations at Oymaağaç Mound, formerly known as Nerik, an important religious and cultural center for the Hittite civilization, 3000-year-old wooden artifacts have been discovered submerged in water. Oymaağaç Mound is located in the Vezirköprü district of Samsun province in northern Turkey. The excavations at Oymaağaç Mound, which began in 2009 in a
A statue believed to depict the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, looted from Turkey, has been ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art
New York officials investigating looted antiquities from Turkey have ordered the seizure of a bronze statue believed to depict the Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, which is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and is thought to be headless. On August 14, 2023, a judge in Manhattan signed an order for the