1,500-year-old sealed sarcophagus unearthed in Croatia
Sealed beneath the ground for some 1,500 years, a massive 5-ton sarcophagus from Late Antiquity has been unearthed in Croatia, offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into burial pr...
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Homer’s cave? Turkish town revives debate over poet’s origins
On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir, western Türkiye, is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned 'The Odyssey.'...
Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ sparks new interest in Homer’s Ithaca
Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the 'Odyssey' - the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nol...
Flying above the Bosporus: Forgotten seaplane base of Büyükdere
One hundred years ago, the quiet waters of the Bosporus welcomed one of the first international commercial and passenger flights linking Europe with the young Republic of Türkiye....
Türkiye’s ancient city of Troy reveals 2,000-year-old Roman street
Excavations at the ancient city of Troy, located in Çanakkale province, northwestern Türkiye, and home to a 5,600-year-old civilization associated with the Trojan Wars, are uncover...
Chinese team uncovers Neolithic traces in Türkiye's Şanlıurfa
Chinese archaeologists are uncovering traces of Neolithic life in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa as part of the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Stone Hills Projec...
Self-trained Turkish linguist keeps ancient Urartian language alive
Mehmet Kuşman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiseled into the black basalt rock and read: 'Before me there was nothing. But by the power...
Türkiye’s 8,000-year-old Hattusa begins 120th year of excavations
Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Hattusa, the 8,000-year-old ancient city that was once the capital of the Hittite civilization, have begun for the 120th year with...
Ancient Roman firefighters' barracks unearthed near Colosseum
Archaeologists have uncovered a second-century building adorned with mosaics and frescoes near Rome's Colosseum that may have served as barracks for the city's ancient fi...
Nearly 2,000 artifacts found at Battle of Manzikert site in Türkiye
Archaeologists working at the historic site of Malazgirt in eastern Türkiye have uncovered nearly 2,000 artifacts since 2020, offering new insights into the region's long hist...