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The 2,800-year-old Hittite period Andaval relief discovered at the foundation of a church

October 28, 2024

The Andaval Relief is an important historical artifact located near the village of Aktaş in Niğde Province, in the Central...

Hieroglyphic Luwian text Hieroglyphic Luwian text, Ankara, Türkiye

Anatolian News

Hieroglyph meaning “city” in the Luwian language spoken in Anatolia deciphered

October 27, 2024

A research team led by Petra M. Goedegebuure of the University of Chicago has published a groundbreaking study in the...

Anatolian News, Southeastern Anatolia

A 3,000-year-old settlement area has been discovered on the shores of the Atatürk Dam, which is built on the Euphrates River

October 25, 2024

A 3,000-year-old settlement area has been discovered on the shores of the Atatürk Dam, which is built on the Euphrates...

Anatolian News, Black Sea

The excavations at Asarkale are expected to shed light on the history of the region from the Hellenistic period to the present

October 24, 2024

The archaeological excavations that have begun at Asarkale, located in Samsun province in Türkiye’s Eastern Black Sea region, are expected...

Anatolian News, Black Sea

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about the sacred Hittite city of Nerik have been discovered at Oymaağaç Mound

October 23, 2024

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about Nerik, the sacred city dedicated to the Hittites’ chief god Tešup, have been discovered...

Aegean, Black Sea

A double-headed eagle seal was found during the Üçhöyük excavation, which is being conducted to locate the lost city of Purušhanda

October 21, 2024

In the Üçhöyük excavation ongoing in Bolvadin district of Afyonkarahisar, with the participation of Japanese scientists, two different seal impressions...

Aegean, Anatolian News

Archaeologists have discovered a 4500-year-old goddess figurine in Pergamon

October 20, 2024

Archaeologists discovered a 4500-year-old goddess figurine during a surface survey conducted in the Bakırçay plain near the ancient city of...

The unique 2500-year-old Stone Father statue is exhibited at the Erzurum Museum in Türkiye

Anatolian News

The unique 2500-year-old Stone Baba statue is exhibited at the Erzurum Museum in Türkiye

October 20, 2024

A Stone Baba statue, traditionally used as a gravestone by Turks for millennia, is on display at the Erzurum Museum....

The 2,800-year-old Hittite period Andaval relief discovered at the foundation of a church

Hieroglyph meaning “city” in the Luwian language spoken in Anatolia deciphered

A 3,000-year-old settlement area has been discovered on the shores of the Atatürk Dam, which is built on the Euphrates River

The excavations at Asarkale are expected to shed light on the history of the region from the Hellenistic period to the present

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about the sacred Hittite city of Nerik have been discovered at Oymaağaç Mound

A double-headed eagle seal was found during the Üçhöyük excavation, which is being conducted to locate the lost city of Purušhanda

Archaeologists have discovered a 4500-year-old goddess figurine in Pergamon

The unique 2500-year-old Stone Baba statue is exhibited at the Erzurum Museum in Türkiye

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Visitors to the ancient city of Syedra are playing the popular Roman game “12 Signs”

The head of the statue, whose body was found six years ago in the Tripolis excavations, has been unearthed

The hidden text beneath the intricate gold leaf decorations on a page of the Blue Quran has been revealed

A 1500-year-old structure was discovered beneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the earthquake

The Luvi Research Foundation has published data on 483 settlements from the Bronze Age in Western Anatolia