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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
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Archeology of Christian sites in Turkey |
| Prof. Ben Witherington recently visited a number of archaeological sites in Turkey. He offers several posts complete with magnificent photos and commentary on the agora at Izmir (Biblical Smyrna), the archaeological museum at Izmir, the funerary monuments and statues in Hierapolis, and the Papias Stele. More. Labels: christianity, roman empire, turkey |
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| Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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Hatay Museum of Archeology |
| The Biggest Second Mosaic Museum of The World in Antakya / Hatay / Turkey. The archeological resarch in Hatay has launched in 1932 under the supervision of the Louvre Museum, Baltimore Art Museum, Worchester Art Museum and Princeton University. More. Labels: mosaic, museum, roman empire, turkey |
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| Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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A Yenikapi, une fabuleuse flottille antique |
| Depuis 2004, des fouilles ont exhumé l’ancien port de Théodose et 34 navires pratiquement intacts datant de plus d’un millénaire. Plus. Labels: boat, dig, roman empire, turkey |
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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Temple built for Greek goddess of divine retribution unearthed in Turkey |
| Archaeologists have found traces of a temple built for the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis, during excavations in the ancient city of Agora in the Aegean port city of Izmir in Turkey. More. Labels: dig, roman empire, temple, turkey |
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Goddess of divine retribution awaits daylight |
| Archaeologists have found traces of a temple built for the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis, during excavations in the ancient city of Agora in the Aegean port city of Izmir. More. Labels: roman empire, ruin, turkey |
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| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
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Ancient synagogue unearthed in Turkey |
| The remains of an ancient synagogue have been revealed in an archeological dig in Turkey. The ruins, estimated to be at least 1,500 years old, were unearthed by a team of archeologists from Akdeniz University in September and new artifacts are being discovered daily. More. Labels: dig, religion, roman empire, turkey |
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Ancient lighthouse to be saved |
The Turkish government has allocated a budget to restore an ancient lighthouse, believed to be the world's oldest. Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay said Wednesday that his ministry would grant 800,000 Turkish Liras for the restoration of Nero's Lighthouse, discovered four years ago in the ancient city of Patara, located near today’s Mediterranean town of Gelemiş in Antalya province. More.
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| Friday, September 25, 2009 |
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Sagalassos |
Sagalassos is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya, and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta. The ancient ruins of Sagalassos are 7 km from Ağlasun in the province of Burdur, on Mount Akdağ, in the Western Toros mountain range, at an altitude of 1450-1700 metres.
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Arykanda, an Ancient Lycian City |
Arykanda (Arycanda) is an ancient Lycian city, built upon five large terraces ascending a mountain slope, located near the small village of Aykiriçay, on the Elmalı-Finike road in Antalya province in south western Turkey.
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Limyra, an Ancient Lycian City |
Limyra was a Lycian city on the southern coast of Asia Minor, on the Limyrus River, and twenty stadia from the mouth of that river.
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| Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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Archaeology Museum of Izmir |
The first archaeology museum in İzmir was opened to the public in 1927 at Ayavukla (Gözlü) Church in Tepecik after the work collection activities of three years. The second archaeology museum was founded in 1951 at Culture Park. A new museum was required due to excessive works brought from the neighbour ancient cities. A new and modern museum was established on a 5000 m² area in Bahribaba Park in Konak and the museum was opened to the public on February 11th, 1984. The museum was established to meet any kind of needs with its museum exhibition halls, laboratories, warehouses, photography-rooms, libraries, and conference halls. The number of monuments located in the museum building and garden is more than 1500. In this three-floor museum, the exhibition is organised in sections.
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| Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
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Tunnel links continents, uncovers ancient history |
A taxi driver, enraged by perpetually gridlocked traffic, stepping out of his car and yelling "Maniac!" at the man driving the public bus behind him. For decades Istanbul has been growing at a breakneck speed; its population exceeding -- by some estimates -- 15 million people. Too bad traffic often moves at a snail's pace.
Most residents are quick to tell visitors the city's transport system is overwhelmed. "Istanbul is a dynamically changing city, every year increasing in population," says Zeynep Buket, an engineer working with Turkey's transportation ministry. "We are in need of radical systems, and this radical system is a mass transit system."Labels: dig, roman empire, turkey |
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Turkey's Black Sea coast off beaten tourist path |
| Sile, Turkey - Every summer Turks and foreigners alike flock to Turkey's Mediterranean coast - to Antalya and the Aegean Sea. Few German or British tourists are drawn to the Black Sea coast in the north, although it offers unspoilt fishing villages, secluded bays and extensive beaches along 1,300 kilometres from Bulgaria to Georgia. "Whenever we have time, we go to Sile," said Cengiz, who runs a fish restaurant in Istanbul. Many Istanbul residents pack their things in summer and head to Sile, a Black Sea beach resort about 60 kilometres from Istanbul. They pass numerous villas along the way, and when they arrive they can refresh themselves in water as clear as glass and relax on one of Sile's long sandy beaches. Labels: entertainement, roman empire, turkey |
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| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 |
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| Saturday, September 05, 2009 |
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| Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
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| Thursday, August 06, 2009 |
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| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
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| Friday, November 10, 2006 |
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2002 |
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| Archaeology Magazine In March, snakes and rats fled to higher ground on the banks of the Euphrates. Water rose in wells that had been dry for decades. The villagers of Belkis in southeastern Turkey abandoned their homes, removing the bones of their fathers and mothers from their graves before moving to neighboring towns.
aug02w4 Labels: grave, turkey |
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| Archaeology Magazine A triumphal gate to Asia in Roman times; the garden of Constantinople in the Middle Ages; a bastion of Ottoman imperialism in the modern era; and the scene of much hardship for Greeks, Turks, and Bulgarians caused by European political maneuvering from the nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, Thrace has always been a contested land.
aug02w3 Labels: asia, bulgaria, turkey |
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| Archaeology Magazine We glided past Uluburun, a rocky cape on Turkey's southern shore. Below us, 150 feet beneath the surface of the dark blue water, were the remains of a merchant vessel that sank here ca. 1400 B.C.
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