Three Children Left Their Footprints at Stratonikeia 1,900 Years Ago
The monumental ruins of Stratonikeia preserve the names of rulers, the decisions of civic officials and the ambitions of wealthy builders. Its latest discovery records…
ancient Türkiye
Three Mysterious Carvings May Reveal How Göbekli Tepe Was Designed 12,000 Years Ago
Long before written plans and measuring instruments entered the archaeological record, Göbekli Tepe’s builders were arranging enormous stone pillars within carefully organized monumental spaces. Three…
A 545-Year-Old Tsunami May Explain the Destruction of Patara’s Roman Lighthouse
Patara’s Roman Lighthouse stood at the entrance to one of ancient Lycia’s most important harbors for more than a thousand years. A new study now…
A 2.2-Meter Statue of the God of Medicine Emerges from a Monumental Gateway at Aspendos
Archaeologists excavating Aspendos in southern Türkiye have uncovered a 2.20-meter-high marble sculpture of Asclepius accompanied by Telesphorus, adding new evidence for the worship of healing…
2,000-Year-Old Mosaic of Poseidon’s Mythical Sea Horse Found Beneath Byzantine Workshop at Tralleis
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Tralleis in western Türkiye have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Roman floor mosaic depicting a hippocampus, the mythical sea horse…
1,800-Year-Old River God Mosaic Found in Ancient Aspendos
A Roman mosaic uncovered in Aspendos has brought back the image of Eurymedon, the river that once fed the city’s fields, trade, and imagination. Archaeologists…
Before Croesus, 2,600-Year-Old Sardis Stepped Terraces Shaped Lydia’s Royal Capital
Sardis stepped terraces are giving archaeologists a new way to read one of the ancient world’s most powerful capitals: not only as a city of…
The World’s First Map at Çatalhöyük: 8,200 Years of Wisdom Etched in Earth
Long before satellites or cartographers, a Neolithic community in what is now central Türkiye created something extraordinary: a map—arguably the first in human history—not drawn…