Anatolia Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fascinating archaeological discovery has been made in the ancient city of Kayalipinar, Turkey. Archaeologists report unearthing ancient clay seal impressions that could
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a beautiful life-sized statue of a water nymph estimated to be 1,800 years old. The ancient statue was discovered during
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists announce an interesting discovery of a 1,800-year-old bronze medal bearing a Medusa head. In Greek mythology, a monster was also called Gorgo,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Kussara has never been found, but there is no reason to doubt its existence. Located somewhere in Anatolia, the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For the first time, now, archaeologists have been able to resume restoration and excavation works at the site of the Monastery of St.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations at Seyitömer Mound (Seyitömer Höyük) in western Kütahya province, Turkey started in May, and archaeologists already unearthed some of the Early Bronze
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavation works started in Kilis at Oylum Höyük (mound), which is located at the zero point on the Syrian border. Oylum Höyük is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two 2,000-year-old marble eagle statues have been discovered in a Hellenistic temple at the Kınık Mound, located near the Yeşilyurt village in Niğde's Altunhisar
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The winged sun disk has been found in many cultures worldwide from very ancient times. As one of the oldest religious and solar symbols,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.om - Harran was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, situated at a crucial geographical crossroad between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. It had a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The ancient settlement area with the rock tombs, a temple area and a 50-meter-deep water tunnel have been discovered in Erzurum's Dumlu neighborhood, located in eastern Anatolia,
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Aratus was an ancient Greek poet who lived between 315 and 245 B.C. He is today famous for his works describing various constellations and other celestial
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The oldest known written document in Anatolia has been found during excavations in Acemhöyük Mound in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray. It is an area of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Excavations carried out at the ancient site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, have revealed many interesting finds. “Last year, we carried out works with a core
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - In the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome in Antalya, Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest olive oil press. However, the most interesting in this discovery is that many of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The familiar saying that the conquerors write history applies well to the forgotten ancient kingdom of Tuwana that was more or less erased
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An international study based on DNA from Anatolian remains and coordinated from Stockholm shows importance of the role Anatolia played, when farming spread throughout Europe some 8000
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Norsuntepe is located in the Keban area (modern eastern Turkey) on the Upper Euphrates, about 25 km from Elazig. The crown of the
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