Saturday, March 29 2025

Tag: Kocaeli Archaeology Museum

Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximianus

Relief depicting the embrace of Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximianus opens to the public for the first time

After 23 years of work, the relief depicting the embrace scene of Roman emperors Diocletianus and Maximianus was opened to visitors for the first time at the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum. After the 1999 Marmara Earthquake, a relief depicting the scene in which Roman Emperors Diocletianus and Maximianus got off the chariot and embraced each other

2400-year-old artifacts found in the Black Sea's first scientific underwater excavation

2400-year-old artifacts found in the Black Sea’s first scientific underwater excavation

The first scientific underwater excavation of the Black Sea was carried out in Kerpe Bay. Dozens of historical artifacts dating from the 4th century BC to the 12th century AD were unearthed. Kerpe is a small settlement on the western Black Sea coast of Kandıra district of Kocaeli province in northern Turkey. Kerpe was known