The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik ...

Immortalized in Homer's "Iliad," the legendary Trojan War supposedly started in the 12th or 13th century B.C.E. after the ...

Archaeological studies stand in the crossroads of past and present, seeking answers from history for modern issues and relying on local perspectives to supplement solutions. An archaeologist can only ...

The 11,500-year-old archaeological site was unharmed in the disaster, which has killed over 35,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. Reading time 2 minutes The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that ...

A 1,500-year-old mosaic bearing two ancient Greek inscriptions was discovered during excavations in the ancient port city of Syedra in southern Turkey, the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural ...

DIYARBAKIR PROVINCE, Turkey — As part of what was once ancient Mesopotamia, Turkey has long been fertile ground for archaeologists. It's home to significant sites that even predate Mesopotamia — ...

A Roman-era mosaic bearing a distinctive interlaced Solomon’s-knot pattern has surfaced beneath the modern streets of Izmir, ...

Perched on the Mutluca Plateau in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla Province, the medieval walled city of Beçin was built on the ruins of a site whose history began thousands of years before. Based on the ...

This year has been a bumper one for archaeology in Turkey with a number of new sites and finds unearthed. Highlights include newly discovered lost cities and significant artefacts from ongoing ...

The Library of Celsus at Ephesus, an ancient Greek colony in southwestern Turkey. Benh LIEU SONG via Wikimedia Commons As easy as it can be to imagine that archaeological discoveries are above the ...