We all know the ancient Gordion city in today’s Turkish territory. It was a well known Phrygian center. Also we remember King Midas when Gordion City is called. But there is an other interesting story. It is about King Gordios, the father of King Midas, who was the owner of the city. We are going…
Theodosius Forum; the lost square of East Roman Empire
Istanbul has a deep historical background. The historical site of Constantinople had many values that we can’t see today. Modern city of Istanbul is hiding some of ancient treasures. We can unearth them by archeaological excavations or any project. By a modern city project, in 1950’s the modern Beyazıt square was being built . Some…
A gate to Asia; Alexandria Troas
Alexander the Great was approaching to the West coast of Aegean sea. There was a site named Troas. It was the first step to build an empire. It is the proof of the importance. Briefly Alexander the Great stepped the peninsula and built a world empire. The excavations show us how great it was. Discover…
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…
The forgotten church of Constantinople
One of the forgotten characters in Constantinople is St.Sergius and Bacchus church. It was used for throne ceremonies. It was built in AD 536. It was built by Justinianus I. According to the records, Justinianus I was accused of betraying the East Roman Empire by joining the rebellion. So Justinos (uncle) decided to execute his…
Ottoman Graveyards
Human life has many stages and they are being stated in various ways. Death is one of the most important stage of the human life (even for a living organism). Turkish Ottoman culture was also pointed death with the Turkish -Islam perspective. The graveyards of Ottomans were like historical records. It is easy to understand…
The Egyptian Obelisk in Constantinople
It is certain that Ancient Egypt is one of the ancient civilizations that affected the world history most. Maybe it is on the top. It is still influencing the modern world. Even we admire the Egyptian civilizations. So it is normal to see the Egyptian items in leading cities of the world. Constantinople can’t be…
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,…
A foot step from Anatolia to Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is one of the ancient civilizations that shaped the world. Even it is still shaping our modern world. Every discovery touches to modern time and world geography. Ancient Egypt was the super power of the world before Roman Empire. Its background is so deep that its heritage keeps on affecting our modern world.…
Road to Rome
Roman Empire was one of the empires that had a great heritage (maybe on the top). Roman Empire had great works in every place of old continents (Europe and Asia). Anatolia is one of the luckiest places of the world for this statement. There is a Roman bridge and a road that connects to Rome…