Anatolian Archaeology

Aegean, Anatolian News

A 2,500-year-old dice game board with Phrygian script was discovered

September 5, 2023

In the ancient city of Daskyleion, a 2,500-year-old dice game board belonging to a Persian man was found, which experts...

Anatolian News, Mediterrenian

The entire main street of the ancient city of Phaselis, where the Roman Emperor Caesar walked, is being uncovered

September 5, 2023

Efforts are ongoing to uncover the entire main street of Phaselis Ancient City, which has a 2,000-year-old history and was...

Aegean, Anatolian News

Archaeologists discovered brain and skin remnants belonging to two individuals who couldn’t escape their collapsed homes 3,700 years ago

September 4, 2023

Archaeologists have discovered brain and skin remnants belonging to two individuals who perished 3,700 years ago in the collapsed houses...

Anatolian News

Hittitologist Metin Alparslan “Even if we are not related to the Hittites, we are considered countryman”

September 3, 2023

The International Hittitology Congress, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, will be...

Anatolian News, Mediterrenian

Mosaics created with the opus tessellatum technique have been uncovered during the excavations at the ancient city of Olympos

September 3, 2023

In the ancient city of Olympos in the Kumluca district of Antalya, ongoing excavations in 26 different locations have revealed...

2,700-year-old pithoi were found in Garibin Tepe, which was unearthed as a result of illegal excavations

Anatolian News, Eastern Anatolia

2,700-year-old pithoi belonging to the Urartians were found in Garibin Tepe, which was unearthed as a result of illegal excavations

September 2, 2023

Archaeologists unearthed well-preserved 2,700-year-old pithoi in an area known as ‘Garibin Tepe,’ which was discovered during illegal excavations in the...

Anatolian News, Mediterrenian

City of Gladiators or The City of Fast-Running Horses: Ancient city of Kibyra

September 2, 2023

Kibyra or Cibyra, also known as the “city of gladiators,” is an ancient city and an archaeological site in southwest...

Aegean, Anatolian News

The relief, which is considered to belong to the Sun god Helios, was found during infrastructure works

September 2, 2023

A headless relief thought to belong to the Sun God Helios was found during the infrastructure works carried out in...

Anatolian News, Black Sea

3000-year-old wooden were discovered underwater in the sacred city of Nerik, the Hittites’ holy city

September 1, 2023

In ongoing archaeological excavations at Oymaağaç Mound, formerly known as Nerik, an important religious and cultural center for the Hittite...

A Roman-era statue thought to represent Marcus Aurelius

Anatolian News

A statue believed to depict the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, looted from Turkey, has been ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art

September 1, 2023

New York officials investigating looted antiquities from Turkey have ordered the seizure of a bronze statue believed to depict the...

A 2,500-year-old dice game board with Phrygian script was discovered

The entire main street of the ancient city of Phaselis, where the Roman Emperor Caesar walked, is being uncovered

Archaeologists discovered brain and skin remnants belonging to two individuals who couldn’t escape their collapsed homes 3,700 years ago

Hittitologist Metin Alparslan “Even if we are not related to the Hittites, we are considered countryman”

Mosaics created with the opus tessellatum technique have been uncovered during the excavations at the ancient city of Olympos

2,700-year-old pithoi belonging to the Urartians were found in Garibin Tepe, which was unearthed as a result of illegal excavations

City of Gladiators or The City of Fast-Running Horses: Ancient city of Kibyra

The relief, which is considered to belong to the Sun god Helios, was found during infrastructure works

3000-year-old wooden were discovered underwater in the sacred city of Nerik, the Hittites’ holy city

A statue believed to depict the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, looted from Turkey, has been ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Fresh

Archaeological excavations have started in the ancient city of Lystra, known as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity

Archaeologists find chipped stone tools of Ice Age people in 86,000-year-old Inkaya Cave

More than 50 seals belonging to members of the royal family found in the Hittite city of Šamuḫa

2300-year-old sarcophagus of Roman gladiator Euphrates discovered

Neolithic human skull found in a niche at Sefertepe provides new insights into burial customs