Turkey
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From the English edition of the Gazzetta del Sud: Two ancient Roman shipwrecks, complete with their cargo, have been discovered by Italian archaeologists off the coast of Turkey near the the ancient Roman city of Elaiussa Sebaste. The ships, one dating from the Roman Imperial period and the other from about the sixth century AD,…
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One that was languishing in my email box … from Today’s Zaman: The excavation of the Kerkenez ruins in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat have revealed the original city walls dating back to the fourth century B.C. The excavation was carried out due to support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the…
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From Today’s Zaman: Archaeological excavations at three locations in Turkey have revealed numerous artifacts from three ancient cities. The walls of Rhodiapolis, built during the days of the Byzantine Empire, and a mausoleum from the Hellenistic period were the finds in the southern province of Antalya. The excavations of the area, which have been ongoing…
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Tip o’ the pileus to A.K. Eyma for passing along this item from Leiden University: Linguists Alwin Kloekhorst and Alexander Lubotsky from Leiden University made a great discovery this summer. They deciphered a few dozen inscriptions on pot shards found in Daskyleion (North-West Turkey) as Phrygian and Lydian, and thus proved the presence of the…
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