We all think that mosaics belong to Roman Age probably but this one is older than Roman Age. It was unearthed in a Hittites residence region. It is thought that it was on the ceiling of a holy building. More than this, this ancient site can be the lost Hittite site. It isn’t certain right…
An altar that is around 1800 years old
During the excavation of Hadrianapolis ancient site which is located on Black sea region of Turkey, an altar that is supposed to be very important for the ancient culture was unearthed. It is guessed that it is around 1800 years old. A woman figure with wheat belt is making a vow. Archeologists think that she…
Mental hospital of early ages;Cappadocia’s underground city
We know that Cappadocia has many mysteries under the ground. Underground cities of Cappadocia are so huge that even today a few parts of those ones are open to visit or unearthed. They are also so deep that we could unearth nearly half of them. Derinkuyu underground city which is one of them has so…
Eastern Express; a new trend of travel
Eastern of Turkey offers us great sceneries in winter. Thanks to the snow and very cold winter, the nature paints great panoramas for the visitors. The best travel mode to reach this beauty is by train. This express is named as touristic eastern express. The route starts from Ankara and finishes in Kars. This is…
National Geographic selected sightseeing places that should be seen in Turkey
Worldwide famous geography and discovery channel National Geographic prepared a list of sightseeing places in the world. Some of them are in Turkey. Actually they are well known places but it may surprise you. This is the list; St.Sophia- Istanbul Sumela Monastery- Trabzon The cradle of civilizations- Mardin Göbeklitepe ancient site – Şanlıurfa Spice Market…
Magicians were here..
We know that magic was one of the most common social way to curse someone or something in ancient period. A stone that was carved a magic was unearthed. It seems that it is a vicious magic. It is so important that it was hidden for a long time. Southeastern Anatolia hides different sorts of…
A new ancient site in Southeastern of Turkey
As we mentioned before, Turkish landscape is a great place for archeaologists to discover new things and sites. Last discovery in Southeastern of Turkey lights up a new period of widening Hittites. A new ancient site that was ruined by Hittites 3500 years ago was unearthed. The archeaological items proved us that Sam’al ancient site…
Turkish tourism had good statics in 2019
Turkey is overcoming the crisis that rocked the world. The most important signal of this theory is to have good statics in 2019. The sight-seeing places of Turkey were visited by millions of tourists. There are some sight-seeing places that were visited mostly below; 1.Hierapolis 2. Ephesus 3. Cappadocia 4.Kaymaklı Underground city 5. Troian Ancient…
Frozen Waterfall;Ava Ore waterfall
Winter prepares nice panoramas in Turkey. Turkish landscape has many beautiful natural sceneries including waterfalls. Eastern region of Turkey gets so cold that water resources are frozen in winter. Ava Ore waterfall of Hakkari gets frozen and creates nice sceneries.
St.Sophia: the most visited sight seeing place of 2019
Ministry of Tourism declared that St.Sophia is the most visited sight seeing place of Turkey in 2019. It is so impresive that it is still influcing the human being. St.Sophia is the most important praying facility and museum of the world. Nobody can deny it, so Byzantines were aware that they built a church that…