Ceramics and daily use items from the Turkish period unearthed in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Muğla.
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Roman villa remains and floor mosaic found during construction excavation in Hatay
During the foundation excavation of a construction in the Defne district of Hatay, wall remains of a Roman villa and a geometrically patterned floor mosaic were found.
Archaeologists begin first-ever excavation of King Arthur Tomb
Britons first proposed a connection between Stone of King Arthur and the mythical ruler of Camelot before the 13th century.
A copper bell likely dating back to Victorian times has been unearthed in Southsea
The Southsea Coastal Scheme team came across the bell while constructing a trench to supply electricity to Castle Field.
Five meters distant from a Victorian cobblestone road that was also unearthed at the same depth during the construction, the artifact was located at a depth of 60 cm.
The first people of Izmir were using these tools for sewing
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.
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.
A 2,200-year-old statue of Alexander the Great has been discovered in Alexandria
The Cairo Ministry of Antiquities has uncovered a statue of Alexander the Great within a historic “residential and commercial zone” in Alexandria, which they think was a commerce hub during the Ptolemaic period.
The first prayer beads unearthed in medieval Britain
The beads, which were found on the island of Lindisfarne, date from the 8th to 9th century AD and are made from salmon vertebrae.
What triggered the last ice age may have been found
Two mysteries have been a head-scratcher for many paleoclimate experts: Where did the last ice age’s ice sheets come from, and how did they grow so fast? These puzzles may have been clarified by a recent study that was published in Nature Geoscience and offered an answer. These results could potentially be used to understand previous glacial epochs.