During excavations at the Klaros sacred site in Izmir, findings suggest that a 2,500-square-meter structure dating to the Roman period...

Teams examine trenches, headquarters, remains, defensive positions, and martyrs’ cemeteries to document the region’s historical heritage

Heavy machinery work at the Manda Tumulus near Saraycık village in Afyonkarahisar’s Sinanpaşa district has drawn criticism. Locals say the digging, presented as earthquake research, is harming the his...

Italian violinist Riccardo Zamuner will perform at Hierapolis on Oct. 13 as Türkiye and Italy launch a two-day archaeology symposium in Denizli

During the 2026 excavation season at the ancient Lydian city of Daskyleion on the shores of Lake Manyas in Balıkesir, western Türkiye,

Archaeologists in Nigde aim to uncover full bath complex and any exercise grounds at ancient city of Tyana in central Türkiye

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of the ancient city of Kalzhir in Kazakhstan’s East Kazakhstan region.

A royal archive unearthed at the ancient Hittite settlement of Samuha, in present-day Sivas in central Türkiye, has shed new light on the Hittite Empire,...

A 3,000-year-old fortress in eastern Turkey, covering 120,000 square meters, may be linked to Arzashkun, Urartu’s long-lost early royal center.

1923 newspaper report says Russian merchants turned to Erzurum, Kars and Sarikamis for 10,000 cold-resistant cats

A 1,000-year-old Byzantine gold coin from the reign of Emperor John I Tzimiskes was discovered in shallow waters off Karaburun, İzmir.

Eighteen artifacts from Türkiye's Burdur Museum on display in Copenhagen in a major exhibition exploring fashion, identity and power in ancient Rome

The newly opened Kütahya Archaeology and Mining Museum brings together the city’s archaeological heritage, ethnographic collections, tile- making tradition and mining history

Standing between two of Istanbul's most celebrated monuments — Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Mosque — the Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bathhouse is one of the city's most elegant survivors from the gold...

A Roman relief from ancient Halicarnassus preserves the remarkable story of Amazon and Achillia, two female gladiators who once fought in Bodrum’s arena.

Paleolithic people at İnkaya Cave in Türkiye lived beside a vast natural flint source, helping explain intensive stone-tool...

The Culture and Tourism Ministry will introduce a new-generation visitor system at 216 museums and archaeological sites by the end of 2026, with smart ticketing, digital payments, AI-supported data an...

Zile's 'Veni Vidi Vici' museum turns Caesar's famous words into modern identity while tracing local life from Rome to Ottoman era

One of the earliest Ottoman silver coins linked to Orhan Gazi has been put up for sale in London for £1,500, carrying a rarity score of 93

New research on Roman roads finds Istanbul and Ankara were more central than Rome in empire's land network

A newly exposed 2.6-meter-high wall at Midas Castle provides direct evidence of how Phrygian builders combined masonry with natural cliffs to defend the site.

66-million-year-old marine fossil and 4,000-year-old plant seeds found at Kulhoyuk may shed light on Ankara's natural history and Hittite medicine

Türkiye opens drone-based security center at Sardis and Bin Tepe to detect illegal excavations and protect Lydian tombs

Selinus' 2026 survey maps tombs, walls, acropolis and harbor slopes, creating detailed digital record of ancient city in Antalya

Archaeologists uncover new wall paintings, mosaic floors, and Late Antique structures at ancient Smyrna in Türkiye, alongside a 2,000-year-old water channel.

Excavators in western Türkiye's Usak province expose Hellenistic-era wall, water lines around ancient city's North Temple

The most important archaeological developments reported in Türkiye in September 2026 included several discoveries that significantly expanded knowledge of Anatolia's prehistoric and ancient past. At Ç...

Divers exploring Van Lake in eastern Türkiye have documented a large circular structure and a long wall made of interlocking stone blocks, raising the possibility that previously unknown settlement re...

300-year-old laundry house in Safranbolu stands out with its 12-sided stone platform, drainage system and height-based ergonomic design

Archaeologists surveying ancient Telebehi in Fethiye document over 100 rock tombs and one of the largest known stone tumuli in Lycia

St Eustathios Church in Türkiye' Kayseri set to open as city museum after restoration completed in 2025

Purple dye made from sea snails known as murex in the ancient city of Myra-Andriake in Antalya's Demre district was among the most valuable...

Pera Museum opens an exhibition of unseen press negatives revealing everyday life and photojournalism in early republican Istanbul

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said thousands of ceramic artifacts have been unearthed during excavations of a roughly 2,100-year-old...

Thousands of 2,100-year-old plates, bowls and trays from the Adrasan shipwreck reveal Mediterranean trade and a ceramic tradition mentioned by Cicero.

Excavations at Yassıtepe in İzmir are revealing a 5,000-year-old walled settlement with storage areas, workshops...

3,250-year-old Hittite hieroglyphs at Yalburt in central Türkiye still trace ancient campaigns and cities across western Anatolia

Explore Pognon Cave in Türkiye, where 1,900-year-old reliefs, crescents and inscriptions offer clues to the moon god Sîn’s cult.

A Roman-era inscription names Arete, a priestess of Demeter who funded a tower at an Anatolian olive oil estate later managed by her family.

Gazi Mihal Bathhouse, split by road for years, is being restored near Türkiye's border with Greece and Bulgaria

A Roman pool in Kargalık, a village in Türkiye’s Yozgat province, has filled with water after standing dry for about 20 years.

Excavations at Aspendos in Antalya revealed Late Chalcolithic finds, pushing the ancient city's settlement history back around 6,000 years

Researchers will use eDNA at Türkiye's Inkaya Cave to investigate ecosystems linked to human activity dating back 86,000 years

Türkiye carries out protection work on seven fairy chimneys in Cappadocia as authorities move to prevent deformation of the fragile formations

Arkeofest, a festival dedicated to archaeology and experimental archaeology, will bring history enthusiasts together with 50 hands-on workshops at Aktopraklik Mound Archaeopark in Bursa on Sept. 26-27...

Archaeologists uncover Göbeklitepe’s first burials, offering new clues to a 30-year mystery surrounding hundreds of 10,000-year-old human bones.

900-year-old madrasa believed to be Anatolia's earliest emerges in Kayseri, where excavators have uncovered around 30% of the site

Kayseri builds new museum to display 7.7-million-year-old fossils uncovered in excavations around Yamula Dam