Category: History and sightseeing places

There is an ancient site that is named as Acem Höyük but indeed it was a well known Assyrian city. Its name was Puruşhattum. It was an important Assyrian city that was a mine processing and trade center. It was founded around 4000 years ago; Puruşhattum was an important Assyrian city. It was the center…

This site is a small residence area but it has its own features in the character of the site. It is located in Tokat province. This is ancient site; This site was built by a governor that was dependent to Hittites. He had a palace built in that site and this palace was heated by…

We are visiting a site that has one of the important philosophical monument in this landscape. We are going to Oionanda ancient site where is located in Muğla province. It is a very important city for philosophy because Diogenes left a great monument in this site. That’s the story; Oionanda had been recorded in Hittites…

Southeastern Turkey also have archeological treasures like Western region of Turkey. Finik is one of them. Finik was established in 4000 BC . There were various buildings like a palace and cisterns. Cave houses were carved in the region. The monumental of the city was a woman relief named “Borzana Sitiya”. It is the sample…

Adada ancient site is one of the sites that had outstanding features. Those sites such as Adada hide a feature that can be very essential. This site can’t be unearthed all. ; Adada ancient site printed coins in I century BC. It was an important site during Roman period because it was one of the…

Colossae ancient site is located in Western Anatolia( Denizli province). It had a strategical and religious value in this landscape. An ancient site that was located at strategical point like Colossae had been recorded several times. This is Colossae; Colossae was constructed nearby the border region between Phrygia and Caria. Christianity apostles visited here and…

We are traveling to a site that you are going to feel as you will travel in time. The name of this site is Iconium and every ancient era civilizations (even later) left some traces in the region. Let’s travel in time and have a tour in Iconium ; Firstly we are in early ages…

Amyzon ancient site is one of the sites that has outstanding features. This site is located in Aydın province. Amyzon had some outstanding features in history. Amyzon was a Carian military patrol. It was built in IIIth century BC. There were important political events such as treaties. There used to be Apollo and Artemis temples…

Hamaxia ancient site is located nearby Alanya county of Antalya province. It is one of the sites that had less importance rather than others. This is Hamaxia; Hamaxia was constructed on a field that was full of cedar trees. Those trees were materials of vessels in that age. Famous geographer Strabon visited this site and…

Sillyon ancient site is one of the glorious sites of Antalya province. As a similar to others, Sillyon had various facilities such as theater and baths. The difference of this site is its lifetime. The physical proofs show us that there had been settlement till Ottoman period. This is the story; Sillyon was constructed before…