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Tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of Turkey found in a garden

23 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of Turkey found in a garden

In a garden of a rundown building in Turkey’s Antalya province’s Kaleiçi district two tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of the region were found.

Near East

4000-year-old Sumerian port discovered in Mesopotamia

16 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
4000-year-old Sumerian port discovered in Mesopotamia

A team of Italian and Iraqi archaeologists uncovered remains of an ancient Sumerian port, located near Abu Tbeirah, Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province. The site dates back 4000 years.

Asia

Possibly oldest artillery shells found off Japan’s coast

5 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Possibly oldest artillery shells found off Japan's coast

Divers discovered six artillery hells, believed to be the oldest of their kind, within the wreckage of the Ottoman Navy frigate “Ertuğrul”, that sunk in 1890 near Kushimoto, in the Wakayama Prefecture, southern Japan. 

Near East

Ancient altar first discovered, then stolen

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient altar first discovered, then stolen

A 1700-year-old ancient altar, that has been discovered in November 2017 in western Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar province has been reported stolen.

Near East

Police seizes nearly 2000 stolen artefacts

27 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Police seizes nearly 2000 stolen artefacts

Turkish Police has seized around 1981 historical artefacts dating back to the Roman and Byzantine periods were seized during an anti-smuggling operation in Istanbul’s Çekmeköy district.

Near East

Huge Police raid on artefact smugglers

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Huge Police raid on artefact smugglers

Turkish Police has seized 26456 smuggled artefacts in the biggest operation against artefact smugglers spanning through four cities.

Near East

Painted chapel discovered during monastery’s renovation

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Painted chapel discovered during monastery's renovation

A chapel that was accessible only through a hidden passage has been discovered during restoration works of the Sümela Monastery in Trabzon Province, North Turkey.

Near East

Huge Roman pithos discovered by a farmer

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Huge Roman pithos discovered by a farmer

A farmer discovered a 2000-year-old Roman pithos in his field in Doğanşehir, Malatya, Turkey.

Near East

Broken statues of gods discovered in ancient city

5 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Broken statues of gods discovered in ancient city

Archaeologists uncovered parts of a statue depicting gods in the ancient Greek city of Anazarbus, Adana Province, South Turkey. The statue shows the goddess Hygeia and god Eros.

Near East

Bear figurine found at a Neolithic mound

31 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Bear figurine found at a Neolithic mound

Among the artefacts discovered by archaeologists at the Yeşilova Mound, İzmir province, West Turkey, was a bear statue said to date back around 8600 years.

Near East

A 4000-year-old infertility diagnosis deciphered from cuneiform tablet

31 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
A 4000-year-old infertility diagnosis deciphered from cuneiform tablet

Researchers studying Assyrian cuneiform tablets from Kültepe, an Assyrian settlement in Kayseri province, Central Turkey, believe to have deciphered the oldest diagnosis on infertility, dating back 4000 years.

Near East

Byzantine sarcophagus cover found by construction workers

30 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Byzantine sarcophagus cover found by construction workers

Construction workers in Gümüşhane, North Turkey, uncovered a lid of a sarcophagus covered with Greek writing. The artefact is said to date back to the Byzantine times.

Near East

Olive mill uncovered in ancient Greek city

25 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Olive mill uncovered in ancient Greek city

A 2000-year-old olive oil mill has been unearthed by archaeologists in the ancient city of Tripolis on the Meander, near modern-day Yenicekent, South-West Turkey.

Near East

Children’s toys discovered inside Hellenistic tombs

23 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Children's toys discovered inside Hellenistic tombs

Archaeologists discovered toys inside tombs of children at a Hellenistic Period necropolis of the ancient seaport city of Parion, North-West Turkey.

Near East

New cuneiform tablets found at ancient Kanesh

29 November 2017 | Archaeo Feed
New cuneiform tablets found at ancient Kanesh

Archaeologists discovered new 4000-year-old clay tablets written in cuneiform script at the site of the ancient city of Kanesh at present-day Kültepe, Kayseri province, Turkey.

Near East

Statues of civil servants found in ancient Side

28 November 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Statues of civil servants found in ancient Side

Archaeologists uncovered three statues believed to depict 3-rd-century civil servants during excavations of the ancient city of Side, Antalya Province, Turkey.

Near East

Paint workshop from 6000 BC unearthed at settlement mound

3 October 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Paint workshop from 6000 BC unearthed at settlement mound

Archaeologists have discovered possibly one of the oldest paint workshops of the world at the ancient settlement mound of Kanlıtaş, Eskişehir province, Turkey.

Near East

Ancient city reveals 2000-year-old shops

30 September 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient city reveals 2000-year-old shops

Archaeologists excavating the remains of the ancient city of Aspendos, Antalya, Turkey, have discovered what is believed to be shops and warehouses that date back 2000 years.

Near East

Metal writing tool discovered in ancient city of Assos

9 September 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Metal writing tool discovered in ancient city of Assos

During excavation in the ancient city of Assos, Behramhale, Northeastern Turkey, a 1800-year-old writing tool has been unearthed. The tool, known as a stylus, is made of bronze and was used to write on wax tablets.

Near East

Numerous finds from a Neolithic mound

8 September 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Numerous finds from a Neolithic mound

Archaeologist unearthed numerous artefacts at the site of the Neolithic mound of Ekşi Höyük, Denizli, West Turkey, that seems to date back 8600 years.

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