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Discovered a. Roman-era meeting hall in the ruins of Laodicea (Turkey).

Discovered a. Roman-era meeting hall in the ruins of Laodicea (Turkey).

ARoman-era assembly hall, thus a kind of meeting hall, dated to about two thousand years ago, has been unearthed in excavations in the ancient city of Laodicea, Denizli province, Turkey. As reported by the Turkish government news agency, Anadolu Ajan...
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Cleveland Museum of Art returns statue of Marcus Aurelius to Turkey

Cleveland Museum of Art returns statue of Marcus Aurelius to Turkey

Important restitution for Turkey's cultural heritage: in fact, after 65 years, the bronze statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that was looted from the ancient city of Boubon in Burdur, western Turkey, in the 1960s, has been returned to the co...
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Underwater archaeological discovery in Turkey: even the minister dives to see the wreckage

Underwater archaeological discovery in Turkey: even the minister dives to see the wreckage

The Mediterranean returns an archaeological discovery of international significance: a wreck from the Hellenistic-Roman era has been spotted off the coast of Adrasan, in the Kumluca district of Antalya province, Turkey, at a depth of 33 to 46 meters....
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The rise of kingship beyond big cities: new discoveries from two sites in Turkey

The rise of kingship beyond big cities: new discoveries from two sites in Turkey

A few weeks ago, the Cambridge Archaeological Journal published a survey that is raising interest in the academic community. The article, a result of years of excavation and analysis at two important archaeological sites in Turkey, Arslantepe and Ba...
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Turkey, excavations and restoration at Tadım Kalesi: new finds reveal 6,000 years of history

Turkey, excavations and restoration at Tadım Kalesi: new finds reveal 6,000 years of history

Archaeological excavations conducted at Tadım Kalesi and Tadım Höyüğü, in the village of Tadım in the Elazığ district of Turkey's Elazığ province, continue to unearth artifacts of extraordinary importance for reconstructing the...
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Large statue of Hermes discovered in Turkey: found in fragments, it has been reassembled

Large statue of Hermes discovered in Turkey: found in fragments, it has been reassembled

In Turkey, during excavations in the ancient city of Aspendos, a few kilometers from Antalya, a large marble statue depicting Hermes, messenger of Zeus and a Greek deity associated with commerce, was found as part of the Heritage To The Future projec...
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Turkey, mosaics with crocodiles and flamingos discovered at Heraclea al Latmo

Turkey, mosaics with crocodiles and flamingos discovered at Heraclea al Latmo

Important archaeological discoveries in Turkey: the University of Selçuk reports that mosaics with depictions of animals: crocodiles, dolphins, flamingos and eels have been found in the ancient city of Heraclea al Latmo, an ancient Greek city ...
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Can the site of Göbeklitepe be visited at the Coliseum? Yes! Presented the exhibition in the Flavian Amphitheater.

Can the site of Göbeklitepe be visited at the Coliseum? Yes! Presented the exhibition in the Flavian Amphitheater.

From Oct. 25, 2024 to March 2, 2025, the exhibition Göbeklitepe: The Enigma of a Sacred Place, sponsored by the Colosseum Archaeological Park and curated by Alfonsina Russo, Roberta Alteri, Daniele Fortuna, and Federica Rinaldi, will be on view ...
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