Amisos was the ancient site of Amazons in Black sea region. It was the well known earlier settlement unite of female warriors. They were very good at fighting with weapons and nobody could understand that they were women. Amisos is Samsun province in present. Today we can see the tombs and village replicas in city…
Pergamon Kingdom: A center of health and art
Pergamon Kingdom was one of the health centers of Small Asia. Capital was also famous in ancient era and it was a glorious city. It was so big that there were temples of Dionysos and Athena. It had the best days between BC 283 and BC 133. The city was surrounded by walls. It had…
Artemis: The Goddess of Amazons
Artemis was the mother Goddess of Ephesus and she was one of the well known goddess’ of Greek mythology. According to mythology, she had a relationship with Diana ( moon goddess). She was the twin sister of Apollon. Her symbol animal was a deer. Mostly she was known as the goddess of fertility. According to…
Lykian Path: The hiking path to the history
Lykian Path is one of the favourite hiking paths for adventurers and history lovers. This is the path that Lykian civilization ancient cities are on. Also due to the magnificent nature, adventurers and hikers will enjoy there. This route is between Fethiye and Antalya. It is around 555 km. You can feel the history on…
Noah’s Ark: the missing piece of religious myths
Noah’s ark; the missing piece of religious myths. The ancient flood is one of the titles that is discussed among science and religious authorities. This is certain that Noah had built the vessel in this landscape. Famous archeologists discovered a hole on Mt.Ağrı (above) and They declared it in that way. On the other hand,…
Sardes Creek: A golden creek
Sardes Creek isn’t an ordinary river, it has golden resources in it. According to the myth, King Midas entered the Sardes creek to get off the curse. He released his superpower and golden pieces to this creek. That’s why today we can come across golden pieces in the creek. This is the myth of Sardes…
King Midas: A king with donkey ears
King Midas was one of the famous characters of the history. He had this fame from his legends and his actions. He lived in Gordion city. He was so greed that he wanted to be the richest king of the world so Midas touch became true. Thanks to god Silenus ( goat and human shaped),…
Silver Treaty: the first written peace treaty in the history
Hittites and Egyptians made the first written peace treaty in the history on that landscape. Pharaoh Ramses II and Hittite King Muvattali had a war in Khades city so this war ended with this treaty in BC 1274. The most outstanding event was that Hattusili III signed this treaty because Hittite king Muvattali was killed…
Hattusa ancient site: the site where iron was used first..
Hattusa was an important city because it was the capital of Hittites Empire. So it had a glorious look and it was decorated with marvelous sculptures. Today we name this location as Bogazkoy district of Çorum province. Due to its features, it has an important place in history. The another feature that makes here unique…
Çatalhöyük: the greatest settlement of Anatolia
Çatalhöyük ancient site was very important for the historical period because we came across unique items and valuable hints on human being development. Its size was so big that the population was around 8500. It was a site that unique items such as small sculptures and under house graves were unearthed. There were skulls under…