The Hamidian massacres, the Adana carnage and the Armenian Genocide were responsible for the near-total erasure of the ...

Traces of daily life can occasionally be found beneath well-known landscapes in unexpected places. Tunnels, rooms, and stairways carved out of rock throughout the world demonstrate that living ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of ...

An archaeological excavation in Turkey recently yielded a Roman hospital-turned-Christian sanctuary, offering new insight into centuries of ancient history. Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run outlet in ...

Remains of the Temple of Artemis in Sardis. Credit: Carole Raddato / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient city of Sardis (Greek: Σάρδεις) in western Turkey, once a major center between the ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient wine production center near a castle in Turkey — and it’s believed to date back some 1,600 years. The excavation was reported by Anadolu Agency (AA), a ...

Archaeologists working at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Sardis in western Turkey have unearthed the remains of a monumental Lydian palace dating to the 8th century BC, a real breakthrough in our ...

The region of Anatolia in Asia Minor was once a vibrant hub of Hellenistic culture, filled with many bustling cities that were formed by Greek colonists in the dawn of their civilization or Hellenized ...

For the better part of two centuries, archaeologists have been uncovering the secrets of ancient Troy. On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare Persian gold hoard in Turkey that may rewrite ancient military and economic history. Archaeologists discovered a pot of gold Persian coins, called darics, at the ...

For years, Turkish authorities have pledged to protect the rights of minorities, including the Syriac (Aramean--Assyrian--Chaldean) community, and to safeguard their places of worship while punishing ...

While the Kingdom of Lydia was a prominent part of Iron Age Anatolia, its origins may stretch as far back as the Bronze Age, though much about its early history remains a mystery. Traditionally, Lydia ...