Geology wasn’t as developed as today in the past. Thus many earthquake events were missed or misunderstood in the ancient period. After the earthquakes in the sea basins, tsunami is the most important threat for the land. Anatolian coasts don’t have privilege,thus we can come across some tsunami cases on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.…
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 natural settlement area;Hasuni ancient site
We are in southern eastern Anatolia. An ancient site which is located in Diyarbakır province at present attracts the local visitors right now but it is so valuable that this site can be famous worldwide. An ancient site which was carved in solid rock (Hasuni valley) has an archeaological importance. This site can be considered…
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…
Marine Trade Routes of Ancient period
As we all know that Anatolian peninsula is covered by three seas (Aegean, Black Sea and Mediterranean). So marine trade routes have great importance as others as, such as Silk Road. Some civilizations developed their trade fleet and dominated coasts of Anatolia. Some places were bases of navies. We can find out that there was…
Era of Assyrian Trade Colonies
This is the period that had lasted in 2nd century BC in Small Asia. Assyrian traders established sites that were based on trade of local underground wealthies and economical activities. We can list the valuable metals such as copper for this trade chain. Generally the trade sites were built in Southeastern region (nearby Mesopotamia) and…
St.Paul – firstly he was a Jewish but he became an apostle- his trip in Anatolia
St.Paul is known as one of the best known apostles of Christianity but he was a Jewish originally. He was born in Tarsus.His original name was Saul of Tarsus. He was the enemy of Christians at the beginning but he accepted Christianity in Syria. He spent his life to promulgate Christianity. His most important destination…
Menora and Constantinople
Menora is one of the sacred symbols of Jewish religion. It has been searched for centuries( even at present). It is guessed that menora was brought to Constantinople or it came here in anyway. Jerusalem was the homeland of menora but it got lost in some periods. According to a theory, menora had been in…
The secret naval base of Ottoman; Antalya
The Mediterranean and Aegean coasts are always very important for the states and empires in the history ( in the past and present). Also they are very suitable in order to establish naval bases. Unfortunately the naval bases of the past were vanished and we had their names in historical records. As a result of…
A new Roman site was unearthed in Cappadocia
Cappadocia is famous for fairy chimneys and underground cities but new discoveries prove us that Cappadocia is more than them. There was an ancient site in historical records and it was named as Swa or Sobesos. Its location was unkown but it was unearthed in a close past. Actually it had just discovered and we…