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Archaeologists Discover Hittite Bird Divination Tablets and Royal Seals in the Ancient City of Samuha

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Archaeologists Discover Hittite Bird Divination Tablets and Royal Seals in the Ancient City of Samuha

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Archaeologists working at the Hittite settlement of Kayalıpınar, known in antiquity as Samuha, have uncovered an extraordinary state archive containing 56 cuneiform tablets on bird divination and 22 seal impressions belonging to kings, princes, princesses, priests, and high-ranking officials of the Hittite Empire. The excavation was led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Maner of Koç

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High-status Macedonian tomb discovered during sewage construction

During the construction of the sewers, workers became the heroes of a great discovery. In the ancient city of Aegae (now Vergina) in Imathia, Central Macedonia, during the construction of a sewer network, the tomb of a local nobleman buried with his wife was discovered. Aegae or Aigai was the original capital of the Macedonians,

Mammoth fossils luckly found in a mine are exhibited in Samsun Museum

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Roman sarcophagus found for the first time in Diyarbakır

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Circular shaped Iron Age Gallic village found in France using LIDAR technology

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Tide reveals a Bronze Age fort on the Irish island of Clew Bay

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The 1000-year-old balbales in Çivril bear the traces of Turkish civilization and belief system

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Prof. Dr. Aygül Süel, Head of the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Hitit University and the director of the excavation of the city of Sapinuwa , said in an online session she attended in recent years that we are making great mistakes for the Hittites. Stating that some of the information that has

The oldest copper axe discovered in Poland

The oldest copper axe discovered in Poland

A copper axe identified with the Trypillia culture from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC has been discovered in Horodło municipality in Hrubieszów region. An axe discovered in the Hrubieszów region and identified with the Trypillia culture is most likely the oldest find of copper products in Poland, informed the Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments.

Sarcophagus found during electricity cable renewal work in Hatay

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Archaeology students in Greece unearth statue head of god Apollo

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A group of archaeology students working at the archaeological site of Philippi in northern Greece have unearthed the marble head of a statue believed to be of the god Apollo. The Greek Ministry of Culture announced the discovery in a statement on Thursday. Archaeologists say the statue head can be dated to the 2nd or

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