The legendary war between Greeks and Troians became true according to the weapon findings on the ancient site. Achilles was one of the top characters for legendary war. Amazons were impartial during the war. Amazon queen Penthesilea had a deep sorrow because she killed her sister by mistake during the hunt. Her depression was so big that she wanted to […]
To reveal the history in Istanbul…
It is one of the toughest works for the archeaology because we have to come over the ignorance of years and insufficient policy of the state. Istanbul city has been growing for thousands of years. A new layer has been covering the old one. So many sites and stories were buried. They are expected to unearth in order to reveal […]
Why is Constantinople /Istanbul sacred in the history?
This region has something mysterious in the history. The legends and stories are always existed in this region. Even before Roman era, the public of this strait (for both banks) have mysterious life time. Even today, we don’t have significant information on pre-historic Istanbul. Archeaology unearths many new hints on the history of the region. In recent time, the archeaologists […]
An Egyptian Seal in Small Asia
It is the statement that we use it; Small Asia was a transition region between East and West. Proofs of this statement are being unearthed in our landscape. The destination is Kamona Pontika ancient site that has a historical background till Roman era. During the archeological excavation, an Egyptian seal was unearthed. It is known that it was a trade […]
Diyarbakır Grand Mosque; The oldest mosque of Anatolia
As we state, Diyarbakır is a centre of South Eastern region which is the transition route between West and East. That’s why we come across many cultural layers. The another witness of this cultural layer is Grand Mosque. It is guessed that it was built in 7th century by Muslim tribes. Also the architectural proofs show us that it used […]
Theateral Masks of Small Asia
Theater is one of the oldest visual arts in the world. It is known that it is dated back to ancient Greek and Small Asia. We can come across some proofs for this theory in ancient sites of Small Asis such as Myra and others. The archeaologists unearthed the best samples of the masks. The masks which are around 2000 […]
Rakoczi Museum; A Hungary state owned museum
There is a Hungarian museum in Thracian region of Turkey. It was the house which was the resident of Hungarian prince, II. Rakozci. He struggled for independence of Hungary. In that period, there was an Austrian- Hungary Empire in history. He was heading the uprise of Hungarian people against Austria. But he couldn’t manage the uprising and he took refuge […]
Vikings in Constantinople; Ancient Residents in East Roman era
Bathonea ancient site is a very important site for history because it has many things to light up the era of Byzantine. The archeological excavations have been lasting for years. According to the last discovery, Vikings were the habitants of Bathonea ancient site. As we know that it was the port of Constantinople. Also it was the last stop before […]
The oldest mosque of Turkey; Maybe the world’s oldest one…
It is mentioned that Turkey has a wealthy religious background. This background is dated back to beginning of time. It is also same for Islam history in Turkey. A cave mosque was discovered in Mardin province of Turkey. Southeastern Turkey has a wealthy historical background as it is the conjunction between west and east. Islam launched around 600’s AD. This […]
Akkadian Empire; The First Emperor SalgonI
The oldest kingdom that was ruled by central king was Akkadian Empire. Before Akkadian Empire, the kingdoms were ruled by landlords. Salgon I was the first emperor of the world history. He managed to unite all Akkadian tribes and established the first central kingdom. Although he was an Akkadian leader, his empire was extended to Small Asia. He left deep […]