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The goddess figurine stolen from Çatalhöyük 84 years ago has returned to Türkiye

November 14, 2024

The mother goddess figurine found during excavations at the important Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia in 1960 has returned...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

Scientists are examining the headless infant skeletons found in well graves in Savatra

October 21, 2024

Scientists have begun to examine the headless infant skeletons found in earthenware pots during the excavation work at the ancient...

Anatolian News

Surface surveys have begun to locate the battlefield where the Anatolian Seljuks and the Crusaders clashed

October 6, 2024

The Turkish army, commanded by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan I. Kılıçarslan, fought against a Crusader army of 300,000 in the...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

Archaeological excavations have started in the ancient city of Lystra, known as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity

September 22, 2024

Archaeological excavations have begun in the ancient city of Lystra, mentioned in the Bible as the place where St. Paul...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, considered the oldest hotel in Konya, has started to serve again

June 2, 2024

The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, which is considered to be the oldest hotel in Konya, completed its restoration and started to...

Anatolian News

Sidamara, the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world

May 31, 2024

Weighing 32 tons, the Sidamara Sarcophagus, known as the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world, was found in the village...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

Archaeologists discover 8,600-year-old world’s oldest bread at Çatalhöyük

March 5, 2024

Excavations at Çatalhöyük, one of the first urbanization sites of the Neolithic period, unearthed 8,600-year-old “bread”. Archaeologists say the bread...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

A new underground city connected to the Roman “Sarayini” underground city was discovered in Konya

January 24, 2024

A new underground city connected to each other by tunnels has been discovered one kilometer north of the Roman-era “Sarayini”...

A trepanned skull discovered in Çatalhöyük 8,500 years ago

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Archaeologists found an 8500-year-old trepanned skull at Çatalhöyük

December 23, 2023

A skull found in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in Konya showed traces of trepanation (skull drilling). Çatalhöyük is...

Anatolian News, Central Anatolia

The ancient city of Derbe, mentioned in the Bible, cannot be excavated due to insufficient funding

October 29, 2023

The ancient city of Derbe, which was a center of the bishopric in the early years of Christianity and mentioned...

The goddess figurine stolen from Çatalhöyük 84 years ago has returned to Türkiye

Scientists are examining the headless infant skeletons found in well graves in Savatra

Surface surveys have begun to locate the battlefield where the Anatolian Seljuks and the Crusaders clashed

Archaeological excavations have started in the ancient city of Lystra, known as the place where St. Paul spread Christianity

The 800-year-old Obruk Inn, considered the oldest hotel in Konya, has started to serve again

Sidamara, the heaviest sarcophagus in the ancient world

Archaeologists discover 8,600-year-old world’s oldest bread at Çatalhöyük

A new underground city connected to the Roman “Sarayini” underground city was discovered in Konya

Archaeologists found an 8500-year-old trepanned skull at Çatalhöyük

The ancient city of Derbe, mentioned in the Bible, cannot be excavated due to insufficient funding

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Archaeologists have begun work to uncover the historic “sacred road” leading to the Temple of Pluto

Lost Phrygian Inscription on Arslan Kaya Monument waiting to be deciphered for centuries Deciphered

The Kestros Fountain, built by Emperor Hadrian, has started to flow with water again after 1800 years

Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old poppy and chickpea grains at thermal power plant site

The markings on a 4,400-year-old clay cylinder found in a grave may represent an example of the world’s oldest alphabet