Roman tomb equipped and sealed with magical ‘death nails’
Elif Duluk
A 2,000-year-old tomb unearthed in Turkey was strewn with “dead nails” and sealed most likely to “protect the living from the dead.”
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Fossil excavations in Kayseri, Türkiye
Dilek Yazıcı
After a shepherd discovered the bone in Kayseri province of Türkiye, fossil excavations began in 2018 with the support of the municipality.
Jewish heritage revived: Kemeraltı synagogues in Izmir to reopen as museum
Ahmet Mengüç
Built by Sephardic Jews, Kemeraltı synagogues quarter of the Aegean province of Izmir will soon welcome visitors as an open-air museum.
An 1800-year-old statue head was discovered at the Ancient Smyrna Theater
A statue head belonging to the mythological creature Satyros was found during the excavations of the Izmir Smyrna Theater. It is estimated that the head of the statue was made in the 2nd century AD.
The 3,800-year-old seal found in Adana sheds light on the commercial life of the city
The 3,800-year-old seal found during the seasonal excavations in Tepebağ Mound, which has been one of the uninterrupted settlements of Adana from the Early Bronze Age to the present, helps us understand the commercial relations of the city in history.
Dream city, Sagalassos Ancient City
The ancient city of Sagalassos is one of the most important ancient city settlements in the history of Anatolia in the Mediterranean region. This ancient city, which has a very old history, is in a position that attracts the curiosity of everyone who is interested in history, sociology, anthropology.
A 164 square meter Heracles mosaic found in Alanya, Turkey
It has been reported that during the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Syedra in the Alanya district of Antalya, approximately 164 square meters of floor mosaics depicting the 12 tasks of the mythological hero Heracles (Hercules) were found.
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.
Traveling and feeling Şanlıurfa, the city of prophets
Şanlıurfa is a city with a lot of different things to offer. Şanlıurfa, one of Turkey’s most important tourist destinations, is known as the “City of Prophets.”
