Medusa is a historical character that can be discussed whether it is fabolous or real. But there is a certain point; she is full of mystery. The myth on Medusa is about her death and her body. According to Ottoman official reports, a mysterious sarcophagus was found. A German doctor was called for thesis. There is no official report that […]
Giants of Anatolia
Giants are the mythological creatures that had lived on the earth thousand years ago. According to some evidences, those giants had lived in Small Asia. Some giant skeletons were unearthed in Small Asia. But unfortunately they were vanished. Local people found some skeletons in caves and secret places. The myths of Anatolia support the existence of giants. Some legends tell […]
Legend of Seven Brothers Tower Bastion- Diyarbakır
Diyarbakir city wall is the fourth longest city wall in ranking. It has a glorious structuıre and it has 4 main gates. A legend on seven brothers tower bastion is very famous. An enemy attacked on the city wall and the enemy managed to take over the control on the wall but a tower bastion. The enemy called the defenders […]
Constantinople with the pandemic of Bubonic plague
We are going back to 540 AD. A bubonic plague pandemic appeared in Egypt. It caused a big chaos in the region. The civilizations that were around the region were on red alert for the disease. The bubonic plague outbreak reached Constantinople after a year. Disease caused a big chaos in East Roman Empire’s capital. The patients started to stay […]
Juliopolis ancient site; Lost ancient site of Ankara
It is known that there are many ancient sites that locations are unknown. Juliopolis was one of the lost ancient sites, it was discovered in 19th century. Unfortunately it remained under the dam lake. Then after the dam dried out, the ancient site came out. It was on the Eastern border of Bithynian Empire. There had been settlement in the […]
Boncuklu Field; A historical place that has an important feature
We all know that Göbeklitepe is an ancient site that is one of the oldest civilizations. If we think that it is around 12.000 years old, we may imagine that it isn’t possible to discover any place older than this period. An ancient site at Boncuklu field (in Mardin) is a special site because the archeologist discovered some itrems that […]
Karkamış Kingdom of Hittites; A new archeopark of Turkey
A new settlement and a new kingdom center were unearthed on Turkish-Syrian border area. This kingdom was esablished in late Hittites era. Karkamış kingdom was an important state of Hittites era. A settlement area and some palaces were discovered. The items were brought to Gaziantep Archeology Museum and Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum. This ancient site was designed as archeopark. Discover […]
Byzantian couple that rebuilt Constantinople
East Roman Empire’s capital Constantinople (New Rome) was rebuilt by Emperor I.Justinian and Queen Theodora. Emperor I.Justinian became an emperor and he rebuilt Constantinople siloutte. He stopped the Nika uprising and he had the Hagia Sophia built. It was the third and the last Hagia Sophia. Many cisterns were added to New Rome city. He had the city richened. Queen […]
Caves of Zağ; Secret praying place of first Christians
Caves of Zag which are located in Bingöl province were one of the secret praying places for first Christians. Before Christianty was accepted by Romans, first Christians looked for secret places. Those caves were one of them. It is estimated that it was built in 5th AD. It has 5 stories. Every story has its life zone. It is one […]
Norik ancient site: An ancient site that will be gone forever
Another ancient site will be other victim of dam projects in Turkey. Norik ancient site which is in Bingöl province will be under the dam lake. During the excavations, An Urartu resident site was unearthed. It became a rescue excavation for the region. Many items from Urartu period were unearthed. Carvings of Urartus’ have a deep impact for historical background […]