Phokaia ancient site is a very special site although it isn’t known very well. Phokaia ancient site is located in Foça district of İzmir. The story of the ancient site is as follows; Phokaia was built around second half of 3000 BC. There were various periods in settlement history. The site was surrounded by city…
Kyme ancient site; A site of glorious times
Kyme ancient site was one of the most important sites of Aegean region. It is located on the way of İzmir. Let’s listen to the story of Kyme; Kyme was constructed around 2000 BC by Greek communities. It was founded on fertile area. So agriculture was one of the major economical activities. The another major…
Water transfer systems: the oldest system is in Thrace
Water has been most important element of human being life since we have been here. Earlier settlements were founded nearby river banks in history. Transferring water became an vital issue in the past. The title of this article became a smart solution for this issue. Here is the story; We are going back to 330…
Priapos ancient site; A site where Persians were beaten by Alexander the Great
Indeed Priapos ancient site isn’t a well known ancient site. It was a small site that was member of Attic- Delos Marine Unity. It is thought that it had the name of Priapos who was the son of Dionysos and Aphrodite. It is the fact that a historical war existed in that region. This is…
Religion of Antinous: A religion that was born from a gay love
We have a different title here. I will give brief information on a religion that was born from a gay love: Religion of Antinous. This is the story; We are going back to 123 AD and we are in Claudiopolis (today’s Bolu county of Turkey). Roman Emperor Hadrian was in campaign to supervise the military…
Damlataş Cave: A great cave of nature
When you have an opportunity to visit Alanya, the most outstanding sightseeing place is Damlataş Cave. This sightseeing place is discovered by a chance and it is thought that it was formed between 20000 BC and 15000 BC. It has an original ecological system so the patients visit here to cure some illness’. The patients…
Goddess Kybele cult: Kurul Castle
This article is about Goddess Kybele that was one of the most important cults of ancient era. The recent excavation in Kurul Castle that is located in Eastern Black Sea region proved us that Kybele was one of the goddess’ that had domination in Small Asia. Let’s listen to the story; Kurul Fortress was one…
Euromos : A site that had faced various periods
Euromos ancient site was one of the important city states in the region. This ancient site had faced a lot of civilizations. Let’s listen to Euromos’ story; This site was constructed in BC era and it had been named in different ways. It was famous for its autonomous formation. There were important religious buildings such…
Nyssa ancient site; A splendid site of ancient era
Nyssa ancient site is located in Aydin county and it was one of the important city states on Western region. Let’s listen to the story of Nyssa; Nyssa ancient site was constructed by Anthiochos Soter I in 3rd centuries BC and it was built with every sort of facilities including gymnasium and theater. It was…
Soranus of Ephesus; Pioneer doc of history
We are going back to 1st century AD and we are in Ephesus. We are going to meet Soranus who was a Greek physician. He was born in Ephesus and he practiced medicine in Alexandria and Rome. He was one of the first gynecologists and pediatricians in medical history. He had a novel “Gynecology” that…