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A 600-year-old Ottoman endowment inscription carved directly into natural bedrock has been restored in Amasya, northern Türkiye. Dating to 1418, the Bayezid Pasha foundation text is now readable again after years of damage, and experts say it may represent the only known example of a waqf inscription carved into living rock anywhere in the world.
Stamp seals were discovered in a 7450-year-old layer in Domuztepe Mound, which is thought to be the intermediate link connecting Göbekli Tepe and the Sumerians. In the layer where the stamp seals were found, the remains of three silos with a diameter of 3 meters were also found. Domuztepe Mound is located in the Türkoğlu
Archaeologists continue to work on the Hittite-era fortification structure unearthed at the 9,000-year-old Yumuktepe Mound in Mersin province, Türkiye. The uninterrupted settlement from the Neolithic period to the present day makes Yumuktepe a “cradle of civilizations”. The fact that traces of the first castle-like structure in the world were found in the layer dated to
Excavations continue in Oluz Höyük, where life ended with the Battle of Zela, where the famous Roman dictator Julius Caesar uttered the words “Veni Vidi Vici” Oluz Höyük is located in the Göynücek district of Amasya, in the northeastern Anatolia region of Türkiye. The mound covers an area of approximately 45 acres. More than 2
Excavations at the Yesilova Mound in western Türkiye have unearthed 8,200-year-old kohl made of stone material was found. Yeşilova Mound is located in Bornova district of Izmir. Yeşilova, which has a history of approximately 8500 years, is the oldest settlement in Izmir, dating back to the Neolithic Age. Excavation Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zafer Derin
Among the rich historical heritage of Anatolia, inscriptions are the most important sources that shed light on thousands of years ago. One of these inscriptions is the Burunkaya Inscription written in Hieroglyphic Luwian. The Burunkaya Inscription is located on the Burunkaya hill near the village of Gücünkaya, east of Aksaray province in Central Anatolia. This
Archaeologists in Jerusalem discovered a seal from the First Temple period written in Paleo-Hebrew during an excavation. The discovery was announced in a joint press release by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the City of David. The Paleo-Hebrew inscribed seal from the First Temple period was discovered during an excavation by the City of
The inscription on the wall of Çem Castle in the Sumbas district of Osmaniye in southern Türkiye is waiting to be solved. To date, the language and alphabet in which the inscription was written has not yet been deciphered. Çem Castle was used as an important defense center especially in the Middle Ages. During the
Archaeologists found 3,500-year-old mussel shells, some of them closed, in jars in the storage room of a public space unearthed at Tepecik Mound (Tepecik Höyük). Tepecik Mound is located in the Çine district of Aydın province. The layers in the mound show that there was an uninterrupted settlement in the region from the Chalcolithic Age
Eighteen historical artifacts illegally smuggled from Türkiye were returned at a ceremony in New York. The handover ceremony was held at the Turkish House in New York. Among the 14 artifacts seized by the joint efforts of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and Turkish institutions are 1 bronze statue and 2 bronze statue heads originating
A child skeleton and a silver ring dating back 7,600 years were found in Domuztepe Mound, which has uninterrupted settlement traces since the Neolithic period. Located in Emiroglu Village, 32 km south-southeast of the city center of Kahramanmaraş in southern Türkiye, Domuztepe mound lies on the eastern bank of the Aksu River in the Maras
