It is obvious that Turkish landscape has many important ancient sites. Most of them have interesting stories for us. The findings in those sites are part of a great story. It is called history.

Prusias ad Hypium ancient site (Western Blacksea region) is one of them. Some important findings were unearthed in the site such as houses and baby tombs. Recently a Medusa carving was unearthed. It is thought that it is dated back to 1st or 2nd century AD. Medusa was one of the well known mythical character of Greeks. We can almost come across the busts and carvings in every ancient site.

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South Eastern Anatolia is one of the oldest areas of the world. Before the Göbekli Tepe discovery, there were local rumors that had been a float for centuries. The local people had some stories like them. Many people were thinking that they were just rumors till Göbekli Tepe temple was unearthed. After the archeological studies, it was realized that it is the oldest temple of the world. But the most interesting discovery was that Göbekli Tepe wasn’t only one. The similar ancient site was unearthed. Its name is Karahan Tepe. Actually the archeological excavation is still going on.

It is reported that Karahan Tepe can be older than Göbeklitepe. As the archeologists are still working on, we don’t have detailed information at present. It is obvious that there are more sites like them in the region. They are waiting to be unearthed.

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