Water is the most necessary element for life of the earth. This fact has been one of the important problems to develop human being life. Civilizations and empires of the world history focused on solving that problem in order to make their domination strong. One of the great samples for this solution was from Roman Empire. According to their principle, […]
Not only a mountain and also the cradle of history; Mt.Latmos of Aydın province
Mt.Latmos can be considered as the cradle of history. Western Anatolia is always the home of history. Mt.Latmos has interesting historical traces such as the paintings on rock which are around 12.000 years old. It is absolute that it has been cradle of human being since the history begins. This field has a real archeaological value. It is planned to […]
A mysterious ancient site; Thera ancient site of Muğla
Turkish landscape is full of ancient sites and some of them are less known than others. Thera ancient site of Muğla province is one of them. It is thought that it belongs to Carian civilization which is known as native of this landscape. It is dated back to 4th century BC. Although there hasn’t been any archeaological excavation, the magnificent […]
The most beautiful palace of the world; Topkapı Palace
According to an international survey, Topkapı Palace of Istanbul was voted as the most beautiful palace. Topkapı Palace which had been the headquarter of Ottoman Empire for 600 years has also a special place among other palaces of the world. Topkapı Palace competed with the big and glorious palaces of Europe and the travelers selected Istanbul’s head palace as the […]
Brain surgeries in Anatolia (pre-historic age)
If you imagine that pre-historic age people were very primitive, this article may change your vision. A skull which was discovered in Aşıklı ancient site of Aksaray province is around 9500 years old. It belongs to a woman. The most interesting point is that that woman had a brain surgery 9500 years ago. Also it is certain that she survived […]
Fake world Cave Part II
Actually I have mentioned on Fake world cave which is located in Gazipaşa county of Antalya province. It is one of the caves that have touristic attraction in Mediterranean region. It has very inretesting features and it is a good stop for a traveler. It is known that it is around 5million years old but the formation of the cave […]
Health Goddess Hygieia was in Aizanoi ancient site…
Greek mythology has a wide pantheon. Gods and Goddess’ were the most affective characters in the daily life and formal format. We all know the head God Zeus. The most well known goddess’ are Aphrodite and Kybele. There are many descriptions of them in the ancient sites of Small Asia. When we mention on the Goddess’, Health Goddess Hygieia shouldn’t […]
Underground world of Anatolia
Underground world of Central Anatolia is so impressive that it still surprises us at present. Central Anatolia is a region that is famous for underground sites and fairy chimneys. The key material is volcanic tuff. It is soft enough to shape it however the people need. According to last data, the underground sites of Capadoccia might be bigger that it […]