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Troy’s Oldest Agora Suggests the City Returned to Life Within 90 Years
For generations, Troy’s story has centered on destruction—war, fire, earthquake and the collapse of the Bronze Age city immortalized in Homer’s Iliad. Troy’s oldest agora, a 2,800-year-old public space now emerging outside the southern gate, is revealing what happened after one of those endings. Archaeologists believe the location already served as a marketplace during the…
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2,000-Year-Old Street Emerging at Troy Reveals the Scale of Its Roman City
Archaeologists at Troy are uncovering a major Roman street that once ran through the lower city, exposing part of an urban landscape shaped nearly 2,000 years ago at a place Romans closely associated with their own legendary beginnings. The street is emerging during the 2026 excavation season at the ancient site in northwestern Türkiye. Researchers…
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Scars of a 1,500-Year-Old Earthquake Uncovered on a Roman Street in Troy
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Troy have uncovered clear traces of a powerful earthquake that struck the settlement approximately 1,500 years ago. The damage was identified along a monumental Roman street in Troy’s lower city, where collapsed architectural remains preserve evidence of one of the final major disasters to affect the ancient settlement. Prof.…
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Granicus Battlefield, Where Alexander the Great First Defeated the Persians and Opened the Road to Asia, Placed Under Protection
The battlefield where Alexander the Great won his first major victory against the Persian Empire and opened the road for his campaign into Asia has been placed under official protection in northwestern Türkiye. The Granicus Battlefield, located in the Biga district of Çanakkale, has been registered as a historic protected site, Türkiye’s Minister of Culture…
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1800-Year-Old Scandalous Love in Ancient Troas: Tombstone Reveals Murder
Another tale has been added to the legendary love stories of Anatolia. An 1800-year-old tombstone, discovered in the ancient city of Alexandria Troas in the Ezine district of Çanakkale, sheds light on a scandalous love affair and murder from the Ancient Roman period. This tombstone adds a dark chapter to Anatolia’s romantic history, which ranges…