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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

Gardner unearths a bronze ring with depiction of St Nicolas

21 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Gardner unearths a bronze ring with depiction of St Nicolas

A garden in Moshav Hayogev in the Lower Galilee, Israel, unearthed a rare, intact bronze ring bearing an image of the traveler’s patron saint, St. Nicholas. The ring is said to be 700 years old.

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 sarcophagus found at construction site

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient sarcophagus found at construction site

An ancient sarcophagus, dating back 2000 years, has been unearthed at a construction site of a high school in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district.

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

Olive farmers destroy section of an ancient road

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Olive farmers destroy section of an ancient road

Villagers of Tekeler in Söke district of Turkey’s Aydın Province have destroyed a section of an ancient stone road that once connected the cities of Alinda and Herakleia (Latmos), to make way for their olive groves.

Europe

Geological explanation of Roman gate to underworld

26 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Geological explanation of Roman gate to underworld

A study identifies the reason why the ancient Romans believed that the gate to the underworld was located at the city of Hierapolis, modern-day Turkey. The cave entrance emits volcanic carbon dioxide which even today kill birds that fly to close.

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

Seljuk-Era inn emerges from a drying water reservoir

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Seljuk-Era inn emerges from a drying water reservoir

Drought causes the ruins of a 816-year-old Seljuk inn to emerge from the waters of the Altınapa dam, Konya Province, Central Turkey.

Near East

Bronze Age settlement found in Cappadocia

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Bronze Age settlement found in Cappadocia

Archaeologists discovered a Prehistoric settlement at Göreme (Çakıltepe) Mound in Nevşehir Province, Turkey. The site dates back to early Bronze Age (3000-2000 BC).

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

Over thousand seals found depicting Graeco-Roman gods

9 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Over thousand seals found depicting Graeco-Roman gods

Archaeologists unearthed more than 1000 metal seals depicting the local the local Graeco-Roman pantheon in the ancient city of Doliche, Gaziantep Province, South 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.

Europe Near East

Luwian inscription telling of a Trojan prince and Sea People deciphered

25 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Luwian inscription telling of a Trojan prince and Sea People deciphered

Archaeologists announced deciphering the text of a copy of a 3,200-year-old stone inscription from the archive of James Mellaart, telling about the rise of a powerful kingdom called Mira, which launched a military campaign led by a prince named Muksus from Wilusa (ancient name for Troy).

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.

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