Lost Castle from a Battle That Changed Anatolia May Have Been Found
In September 1176, a large Byzantine army advanced into Anatolia with siege engines, supply wagons and ambitions of restoring imperial control over the region. Along…
medieval Anatolia
Turkic Runiform Signs Discovered Beside a Medieval Church in Central Turkey
Angular symbols associated with early Turkic writing traditions have been discovered on a rock beside a medieval church in the Binbir Kilise archaeological region of…
Medieval Graves in Malazgirt May Hold Clues to the Aftermath of the 1071 Seljuk-Byzantine Battle
The 1071 Battle of Malazgirt was fought between the Seljuk army of Sultan Alp Arslan and the Byzantine forces of Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes for…
A Jewel of Power: Pearl-Inlaid Ivory Archer’s Ring from an Artuqid Palace Stuns Archaeologists
Archaeologists working at Hasankeyf have uncovered an object so rare that it has no known parallel in medieval archaeology. During the 2025 excavation season, a…
Unearthed Gate Reveals Konya’s Hidden Seljuk Defense Line Against the Mongol Threat
Beneath the busy streets of modern Konya, archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of a monumental gate once built to shield the Seljuk capital from Mongol…