This article is about Goddess Kybele that was one of the most important cults of ancient era. The recent excavation in Kurul Castle that is located in Eastern Black Sea region proved us that Kybele was one of the goddess’ that had domination in Small Asia. Let’s listen to the story; Kurul Fortress was one of the fortress’ that had […]
Euromos : A site that had faced various periods
Euromos ancient site was one of the important city states in the region. This ancient site had faced a lot of civilizations. Let’s listen to Euromos’ story; This site was constructed in BC era and it had been named in different ways. It was famous for its autonomous formation. There were important religious buildings such as Zeus temple and Christian […]
Nyssa ancient site; A splendid site of ancient era
Nyssa ancient site is located in Aydin county and it was one of the important city states on Western region. Let’s listen to the story of Nyssa; Nyssa ancient site was constructed by Anthiochos Soter I in 3rd centuries BC and it was built with every sort of facilities including gymnasium and theater. It was famous for philosophy education. Strabon […]
Soranus of Ephesus; Pioneer doc of history
We are going back to 1st century AD and we are in Ephesus. We are going to meet Soranus who was a Greek physician. He was born in Ephesus and he practiced medicine in Alexandria and Rome. He was one of the first gynecologists and pediatricians in medical history. He had a novel “Gynecology” that was the pioneering book of […]
Aizanoi ancient site; One of the first stock markets of the world
Aizanoi was a special site for economical history because it was the place we saw the early economical struggle against inflation in the world. Before this point, let’s listen to Aizanoi’s story; We are going back to Roman period. It was a glorious ancient site with a Zeus temple and a theater complex. Imperial palace had a strict control in […]
Kanytelleis,Neapolis; A site where criminals were executed
There is an ancient site which is very special for history. Its name is Kanytelleis, Neapolis also it has an another name “bloody suffering” as the criminals were executed in a cruel way here. This is the story; We are going back to BC 4th century. This site was a magnificent residential area but its outstanding feature was more specific. […]
Urartu Kingdom: Super power of ancient age
Ancient age had its super powers. One of them was Urartu Kingdom. They were neighbor of the Assyrian Kingdom and Urartu Kingdom was fighting for domination of the region. Let’s meet Urartu civilization; We are going back to BC 13th century. We come across a site federation state on the eastern of the peninsula. It was early Urartu state formation. […]
Modern Assyrians: A community that is part of Turkey
This landscape hosts a wide range of historical background as we mention in every platform. Modern Assyrians are important colors of this landscape. Even though we know that their center is Mardin, we can see many Assyrian churches in Turkey and world. We will travel in time with them; We are going back to 5000 years ago. We are in […]
Titus Tunnel: A Roman engineering wonder
We are in Hatay county of Turkey. Hatay is known as the city of tolerance due to praying facilities of three religions. But I will give you an information on a great building of Roman engineering. It is known as Titus tunnel. This is the story; We are in Roman period of the region. The weather was rainy and the […]
Marc Anthony: Roman General in love with Cleopatra
Marc Anthony was a very well known general of Roman Empire. He was the servant of Ceasar also he was known as the lover of Egyptian queen Cleopatra. We are tuning the time machine and going back to Roman period; Ceasar was in military campaign against Mediterranean pirates. The pirates were running away from Ceasar’s navy and he tracked the […]