November 15, 2024 The sun rises from Anatolia

The world’s first beauty contest has held on Mount Ida

March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024

The world’s first beauty contest was held at the foot of Mount Ida between Aphrohite, Hera and Athena under the...

Wooden-handled knives belonging to the Persians and Medes were found during excavations at Oluz Mound

March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024

Two knives with wooden handles, believed to belong to the Persians and Medes who ruled between 500-600 BC, were found...

Kurşunlu Monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary hidden at the summit of Mykale

March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024

Kurşunlu Monastery, built in ancient times at an altitude of 900 metres on Mykale, also known as Samson Mountains, has...

The discovery of a striking jade mask in the tomb of a Maya king in Guatemala

January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Archaeologists excavating a looted pyramid tomb in the ruins of a Mayan city in Peten, northeast Guatemala, have discovered a...

In the Mediterranean Oldest Hand-Sewn Boat is Preparing for its Next Journey

January 25, 2024

January 25, 2024

The oldest hand-sewn boat in the Mediterranean was discovered in the Bay of Zambratija near Umag on Croatia’s Istrian peninsula....

Ancient skeletons discovered in a freshly excavated Roman necropolis in Italy, buried with gold jewelry and costly leather shoes

January 5, 2024

January 5, 2024

Archaeologists working on a two-year excavation effort at the site of a proposed solar energy plant in Tarquinia, north of...

Handprints with Missing Fingertips in Prehistoric Cave Art Point to Ritual Amputation

January 5, 2024

January 5, 2024

A recent interpretation of Paleolithic cave art suggests that prehistoric people severed their fingers as part of religious ceremonies, according...

1400-year-old coins found in a piggy bank discovered during Hadrianopolis excavations

January 2, 2024

January 2, 2024

Ten 1400-year-old coins were found in a jug discovered during the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis, also...

Archaeologists found an 8500-year-old trepanned skull at Çatalhöyük

December 23, 2023

December 23, 2023

A skull found in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in Konya showed traces of trepanation (skull drilling). Çatalhöyük is...

The vomitorium of the Smyrna Theater is being uncovered

December 17, 2023

December 17, 2023

In the ancient city of Smyrna, located in the center of Izmir province in Turkey, one of the two vomitoriums...