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At the Çorakyerler excavations, 100 fossils dating back 8.5 million years were uncovered

August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023

In the “Çorakyerler Vertebrate Fossil Locality” in Çankırı, approximately 8.5 million-year-old 100 fossils belonging to vertebrate animals were discovered during...

A 2,300-year-old triple-headed goddess Hecate figurine was found in the ancient city of Kelenderis

August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

In the ongoing excavation works at the ancient city of Kelenderis, which includes a Roman-era bath, an odeion (a place...

How did the non-seafaring Hittites of the Bronze Age maintain control over Eastern Mediterranean trade?

August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

During the Bronze Age, Anatolia possessed significant overland trade routes. The trade colonies established by Assyrian merchants formed the main...

Gökhöyük might possess a settlement that will shed light on the 7000-year history of Central Anatolia

August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023

Gökhöyük, located in the Seydişehir district of Konya province, is believed to have a settlement dating back to the 7th...

The borders of the Hittite city of Şapinuva are determining by 3300-year-old workshops

August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023

The boundaries of the second significant administrative center, the city of Sapinuva, established by the Hittites, who were the first...

New research shows that Ötzi the Iceman had dark skin, a bald head, and Anatolian origins

August 16, 2023

August 16, 2023

A recent study on Ötzi, the ice man found in the Alps in 1991 and dated to 3300-3100 BC, revealed...

The remains of a 1800-year-old female statue and frieze fragments depicting mythological narratives discovered in the ancient city of Olba

August 16, 2023

August 16, 2023

During archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Olba in the district of Silifke, Mersin, a female statue believed to...

Archaeologists found 7.5 million-year-old giraffe bone in central Anatolia

August 13, 2023

August 13, 2023

Archaeologists excavating at a site on the shores of Yamula Dam in the province of Kayseri, located in central Türkiye,...

A palace-like structure dating back 3300 years and grain bins were discovered during the excavations at Aydın Tepecik Mound

August 13, 2023

August 13, 2023

At the ongoing excavations at Tepecik Mound, where traces of settlement dating back to 7,500 years ago have been observed,...

An impressive prehistoric architectural engineering “Karahantepe”

August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023

Karahantepe, known locally as “Keçilitepe”, is a prehistoric site in an upland area of the Tektek Mountains in the Southeastern...