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,…

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…

A medical center in Anatolia; Acharaka ancient site

Western Anatolian region of Turkey hides many ancient sites. Since the history has been recorded, many ancient sites have been recorded. Some of them were unearthed and some of them are still under the ground. Some of them were discovered by chance. The natural landscape of the region may hide the ruins. Acharaka ancient site…

Sephardic Jewish Community of Anatolia

We have mentioned on multi-cultural structure of Anatolia several times. Various communities contributed Anatolian culture in many ways. Sephardic communities contributed the economy of Anatolia after their arrival to Anatolia. They became one of the valuable societies here. They have been serving Anatolia for centuries. We can see many valuable members of Sephardic Jewish community…