We all know the ancient Gordion city in today’s Turkish territory. It was a well known Phrygian center. Also we remember King Midas when Gordion City is called. But there is an other interesting story. It is about King Gordios, the father of King Midas, who was the owner of the city. We are going…
Theodosius Forum; the lost square of East Roman Empire
Istanbul has a deep historical background. The historical site of Constantinople had many values that we can’t see today. Modern city of Istanbul is hiding some of ancient treasures. We can unearth them by archeaological excavations or any project. By a modern city project, in 1950’s the modern Beyazıt square was being built . Some…
An Ancient Decretal
The official records are very important in order to classify the events. It is necessary to decode the ancient items. A sort of documents were unearthed in Western Anatolian region. Antandros ancient site which is located on the Aegean sea coast was an important site. When the tablet was decoded, it was understood that it…
Great Hippodrome of Constantinople
Constantinople was one of the biggest capital of ancient times, it was so impressive that many civilzations came to this capital city to witness this glory such as Vikings and others. It can be compared with today’s New York. It seems that its glory hasn’t finished yet in spite of latin invasion. In recent years,…
Road to Rome
Roman Empire was one of the empires that had a great heritage (maybe on the top). Roman Empire had great works in every place of old continents (Europe and Asia). Anatolia is one of the luckiest places of the world for this statement. There is a Roman bridge and a road that connects to Rome…
Amorium ancient site
Every ancient site has their own story here. Amorium ancient site is one of those sites. It is located in Afyon province of Turkey. It is close to mid-anatolia. It is dated back to around 2000 years. It is a site that had been resided for 2000 years.There are various layers that belong to big…
How the celebrations were in ancient times
The ancient times are very mysterious for the celebrations. We have the records that were prepared by ancient historians or poets. But we don’t have so much visual view for this title. Thanks to the archeaological excavations in Turkey, we can get some mosaics that show us how the celebrations were. A mosic that was…
Ancient synangogue was unearthed in Antalya..
Turkish Riviera, Antalya, has still some surprises for history lovers. Even tough tourism developed the city, the modern city hides the ancient site underneath the modern city. In a district of Antalya, Side, an ancient synangogue was unearthed. According to tests, it was built in 7th century AD. It was repaired in the name of…
Mosaics of Holy Apostles Church
An ancient church was discovered in Hatay province of Turkey. According to the archeaological tests, it remained from 6th century AD. The objects especially mosiacs of the church tell us a magnificent story than we imagine. It is one of the best samples of early Christian period. The mosaics of the church are very special…
Hermes cult was living in Anatolia
It is a very exciting moment when something form ancient times are unearthed. Turkey is a country where you can live this excitement. Still today it is possible to unearth some items from ancient period by chance. It can be a construction project or an infrastructure project. A similar event became true in northern Blacksea…