A 2,300-year-old Hellenistic-era burial chamber has been unearthed at a construction site in the northern province of Samsun's Canikli district.The sepulcher was discovered during a landscaping and excavations conducted by the Canik Municipality and the S
DHA PhotoTurkish archeologists have discovered a rare set of submerged ancient plates off the coast of Adrasan village, southwestern Antalya province. The discovery follows work initiated by Antalya Museum Director Mustafa Demirel and academics from Dokuz
AA PhotoThe restoration and excavation work of a 2,200-year-old theater located in the ancient city of Laodicea in Turkey's southwestern Denizli province is expected to be completed within three years, an archeologist leading the restoration works said on
Marble statues of Aphrodite/Venus found at Petra in Jordan date to the second century.Credit: Tom ParkerTwo marble statues representing Aphrodite/Venus, the Greco-Roman goddess of love, were found recently at Petra, an ancient desert city in Jordan.The st
Here are gold necklaces, pearls and earrings as well as several hundred handsome ceramic vessels from the Bronze Age. The discovery testifies to a city which traded with much of its contemporary world.
2,800-year-old wheat and sesame seeds taken from an excavation in an ancient castle in Turkey's eastern Van province are to be brought back to life.Some ancient wheat and sesame seeds were found during the excavations started in the Çavuştepe Ca
A frayed and ancient textile fragment discovered in Peru represents the oldest piece of indigo-dyed fabric known, according to an anthropologist from George Washington University.One of the oldest pieces of cotton textile in existence, the fabric is 6,200
A remarkable mosaic unearthed during the excavation of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel may portray Alexander the Great.Experts are thrilled to reveal the mosaic that was discovered on the floor of the fifth-century synagogue in Huqoq. “The quality
An estimated 2,100-year-old rare marble statue of Cybele, the mother goddess of Anatolia, has been unearthed in excavations in northwestern Ordu province located on the Black Sea coast.
Police teams looking to find a stolen truck in Bursa's Iznik district have discovered a sarcophagus at an olive grove, belonging to the Late Antiquity period.
Archaeologists at Turkey's neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia have unearthed a "unique" complete female figurine, The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday.
The discovery of a rare gold coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's archaeological excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, has just been announced by the archaeologists in charge of the project,
A team of North Carolina-based researchers helped unearth more clues this summer about the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in Jordan.
Recently, the team of comprehensive scientific investigation carried out a field trip for a 2500-year- old Zoroastrianism site in Taxkorgan.
The year 2016 marks the 740th anniversary of the founding of Dadu, the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Capital Museum in Beijing. A special exhibition was unveiled recently at the Capital Museu
