One of Anatolia’s Oldest Painted Caves Discovered in Malatya’s Tohma Canyon
A prehistoric cave discovered in Tohma Canyon in Malatya, eastern Türkiye, may rank among the oldest and richest painted caves known in Anatolia. Initial surveys…
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8,800-Year-Old Neolithic Houses on Gökçeada Reveal One of the Aegean’s Earliest Farming Villages
Five 8,800-year-old Neolithic houses uncovered at Uğurlu-Zeytinlik Höyük on Gökçeada are offering a rare view into how some of the earliest farming communities of the…
15 Newly Discovered Churches at Binbir Kilise Suggest Lost Byzantine Pilgrimage Center in Anatolia
A new wave of archaeological discoveries in central Turkey is reshaping what we know about one of Anatolia’s most enigmatic sacred landscapes. In the volcanic…
2,400-Year-Old Submerged City Remains Filmed Beneath Dicle Dam in Diyarbakır
For years, the waters of the Dicle Dam have concealed what looks less like scattered ruins and more like the outline of a forgotten settlement.…
Drought Reveals Possible Ancient Jar Burials Along the Shores of Lake Eğirdir in Türkiye
A receding shoreline. Cracked earth where water once stood. And rising from the exposed lakebed—massive ceramic jars, partially buried in silt. Along the shores of…
A New Geological Survey near Mount Ararat Revives Debate over the So-Called ‘Noah’s Ark’ Formation
Ceramic fragments uncovered during roadwork hint at human activity in the area as early as the Chalcolithic period The long-debated formation on the slopes of…
Karahantepe May Reveal Göbeklitepe Was Never Just a Temple
In the barren hills of southeastern Turkey, Karahantepe is quietly rewriting what we thought we knew about humanity’s earliest monuments.For decades, Göbeklitepe stood as an…
From Phrygia to Colombia: The 3,000-Year Journey of the Cap of Liberty
How an Anatolian symbol of rebirth and freedom became part of Colombia’s national emblem The conical felt cap worn by the ancient Phrygians — once…
1,500-Year-Old Greek Mosaic Discovered Beneath Urfa Castle Reveals Names of Early Byzantine Clergy
In the shadow of Urfa Castle, overlooking the sacred pools of Balıklıgöl in southeastern Türkiye, archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor bearing a Greek…