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A 2,100-Year-Old Adrasan Shipwreck Still Holds an Ancient Delivery That Never Arrived
Somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean around 2,100 years ago, merchants loaded thousands of newly made plates, bowls and serving dishes onto a ship and prepared them for a journey that would never reach its destination. The vessel sank off what is now Adrasan, on Türkiye’s southern coast, taking its commercial cargo to the seabed. More…
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New Inscriptions Reveal How Roman Businessmen Entered the Heart of Ancient Teos
Two inscriptions found in the Sanctuary of Dionysos show that Roman commercial power reached Teos not through conquest, but through markets, marble and civic life. Rome did not always enter Anatolia with armies. Sometimes it arrived through contracts, ships, market officials and businessmen who knew how to turn local connections into lasting influence. In the…
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A Rare River Harbor Identified in Trabzon: One of Only Three Known Examples Worldwide
Beneath what was once a bustling market in northeastern Türkiye, archaeologists have uncovered something far older — and far rarer — than anyone expected. Excavations in the Pazarkapı district of Trabzon have revealed an ancient quay structure now identified as one of only three known river harbors in the world. The structure, linked to the…