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Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Sealed Under Turkish Mud, a Well-Preserved Byzantine Chapel

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In the fourth century A.D., a bishop named Nicholas transformed the city of Myra, on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey, into a...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Turkey: Ancient mosaics found in Anatolian city

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An archaeological city dating back 1,700 years has been unearthed during excavations in İzmir’s Kemalpaşa neighborhood, raising officials...
Saturday, August 04, 2012

3000 year old human sculpture discovered in Turkey

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A beautiful and colossal human sculpture is one of the latest cultural treasures unearthed by an international team at the Tayinat Archaeolo...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Istanbul to launch replica of Byzantine ship

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Turkey is going to build the perfect replica of a Byzantine ship for scientific purposes. The copy of the medieval ship, nearly 10 metres lo...
Monday, January 02, 2012

2,000-year-old relief bust found in Turkey

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A 2,000-year-old relief bust of a king was discovered during excavations in ancient Stratonikeia in Muğla's Yatağan district. Dr. Bila...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

5th century shipwreck discovered in Istanbul

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In the course of the ongoing archeological excavations at Istanbul's Yenikapı Marmaray construction site, the world’s best preserved shi...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year old lion

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Archaeologists leading the University of Toronto’s Tayinat Archaeological Project in southeastern Turkey have unearthed the remains of a mon...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Hydropower Project in Turkey Breeds Controversy

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The tranquility and mystery of this town on the banks of Tigris River will not last long. The millennia-old town will be destroyed once the ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Medieval Armenian cemetery renovated in Turkey

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A historical Armenian cemetery dating back to 1061 A.D. and measuring hundreds of acres in the eastern province of Sivas has been jointly re...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Marmaray excavations earn İstanbul new museum

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The world’s largest sunken ship museum will be established in İstanbul thanks to finds from the Port of Theodosius dating back to the fourth...