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A Cross Sealed a Mithras Temple in Türkiye 1,700 Years Ago
At Zerzevan Castle in Diyarbakır, researchers say a newly deciphered inscription at the entrance of an underground Mithras temple shows that the sanctuary was sealed by Christians about 1,700 years ago. The text, examined through Aramaic and Syriac epigraphy, suggests that the temple was not merely abandoned. Its sacred authority was formally brought to an…
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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. Now, new underwater footage has brought that hidden landscape back into view. Captured during a routine dive by search-and-rescue teams in the Eğil district of southeastern Turkey, the images reveal…