Istanbul Archeology Museums complex is the first modern archeology museum in Turkey. As it is formed of three sections ( Archeology museum, Old Eastern cultures and Pavilion with tiles), it is named as Istanbul Archeology Museums. It was opened in 1880’s and Osman Hamdi Bey who was the founder of modern archeology in Turkey was…
Bodrum Archeology of Underwater Museum
Turkey is one of the countries where archeology can be a star scientific branch. In addition to ground archeology, underwater archeology is also important for Turkey due to its location in history. The items of underwater archeology are being exhibited in a museum that was founded in Bodrum underwater museum. This museum is formed of…
Karain cave: A cave of human history
Caves are the first homes of mankind. We can come across traces of human being development inside the caves. Antalya – Turkish Riviera- is one of the luckiest regions for this point. Karain cave is one of the places where we can see human being development. It is one of the biggest natural caves where…
Nora ancient site:A military base in Small Asia
Central Anatolia was a busy resident area in ancient era. The ancient site that were unearthed are the proof of this theory. Nora or Mokissos ancient site was one of them. It was built in Hellenistic era. It was a military base in Central region. On the other hand, it was named as Mikossos. The…
Hell gate caves; Caves of Mythology and early Christians
We are traveling to Black Sea region. The natural structure of black sea offers us many opportunities to travel in time. Hell gate caves are one of the opportunities we mention. Those caves are located in Zonguldak province of Turkey. Those caves are formed of three caves. They were the home of early Christians. The…
Arsemia: the summer capital of Commagene Empire
Commagene Empire was one of the states that Small Asia hosted. It was an important culture so they left us a great heritage for us such as Mt.Nemrut. Arsemia ancient site was the summer capital and ruling center. Arsemia was founded by the founder of Commagene Arsames. It was founded on the edge of rivers…
Caves of Zey: Homes of early Christians
Small Asia was the geographical destination where Christianity grew up. Apostles visited here and promulgated Christianity in whole peninsula. Thanks to their effort, Christianity was shaped here. Around Zey village of Adıyaman province, we see the caves that were houses of early Christians. Indeed they weren’t showy as Cappadocia but they survived here. We can…
Rock tombs of Sun God Helios
This is the monumental rock tombs in Adıyaman province. This is the place that has a magnificent scenery. Those rock tombs were built by carving the rocks. In addition to rock tombs, a relief was the attractive ones. King Antiochos shook hand with Sun God Helios. This was a sample of few monuments.
Perre ancient site and rock tombs
It is one of the less known ancient sites of Turkey. It is as important as Ephesus because it was one of the religious centers of ancient era. It was one of five ancient sites of Commagene Kingdom. This site was famous for water springs nearby the city. Romans reported that it was a beautiful…
Roman and Byzantine graves in a state field
Some of the archeological sites are in state fields. There are Roman and Byzantine graves in a state field that is used by agriculture and livestock ministry. There are damaged Roman and Byzantine graveyards. Also the graveyards were built with layers. It is thought that this land was a necropolis in the ancient era. This…