4,200-Year-Old Wall Emerges at a Vast Settlement Across the Dardanelles from Troy
Seven meters beneath Maydos Kilisetepe, archaeologists have reached a defense wall built more than four millennia ago. The Early Bronze Age structure once protected a…
Bronze Age Anatolia
Seeds of Ankara’s Endangered Flower Found in 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Vessel
Seeds linked to Ankara’s endangered Sevgi Flower have been found inside a 4,000-year-old Hittite vessel at Külhöyük in central Türkiye. The discovery places a plant…
A 3,200-Year-Old Hittite Tablet Preserved a Language No One Knew Existe
A Hittite scribe working more than 3,000 years ago copied a ritual that included words from a language other than Hittite. Those few lines remain…
Anatolia’s Earliest Indigo-Dyed Textile Discovered at Bronze Age Beycesultan
A 3,900-year-old blue textile fragment uncovered in western Türkiye has been identified as the earliest known indigo-dyed fabric in Bronze Age Anatolia. The discovery, made…
Mapping the Luvi World: A New Digital Catalogue Redraws Bronze Age Western Anatolia
For much of modern scholarship, the Luvi cultural landscape of western Anatolia has been reconstructed through fragmented excavation reports and a limited number of well-known…
A Palace Beneath a Palace Discovered at Kültepe, Home to Anatolia’s Earliest Written Records
At Kültepe Kaniš-Karum, the site where Anatolia’s earliest written documents were first uncovered, archaeologists have made a discovery that pushes the region’s history deeper than…
4,500-Year-Old Burnt House and Hellenistic Fortress Unearthed at Aşağıseyit Mound in Western Türkiye
Rising on the fertile plains of Çal in Denizli Province, Aşağıseyit Mound has long been a silent witness to Anatolia’s deep past — a settlement…
Archaeologists Uncover 3,500-Year-Old Eagle-Headed Human Seal at Karahöyük in Central Turkey
Excavations at the ancient settlement of Karahöyük have revealed a seal featuring an eagle-headed human figure, shedding new light on Bronze Age belief systems, funerary…
3,500-Year-Old Kitchen Set and Unique Artifacts Unearthed at Karahöyük, Konya
Excavations at Karahöyük in Konya’s Meram district have revealed a remarkable collection of artifacts dating back approximately 3,500 years. Among the discoveries are a complete…