In the excavations carried out in the Yeşilova Mound, where the first settlers of the city lived, in the Bornova district of Izmir city in Turkey, bone needles dating back 8,200 years were found.
Month: July 2022
Turkey’s enormous Roman Sidamara sarcophagus features the head of Eros once again
The Victoria & Albert Museum has sent a life-sized marble head of Eros back to Turkey. The 3rd century Sidamara Sarcophagus is one of the biggest, heaviest, and most significant Roman sarcophagi ever discovered. V&A conservators traveled with the head and collaborated with specialists from the Istanbul Archaeological Museum to reattach it to the lid.
The mysterious Pılır Mound will shed light on the oldest periods of Anatolia
Dr. Lecturer Ümit Çayır said that with the new archaeological studies to be carried out on the Pılır mound, important information about the oldest periods of Sivas can be reached.