Tag: Turkey
“I’ll Drink to That!” Everyone Loved Wine in Bronze Age Troy, New Study Finds
Homer’s Iliad is a problematic text. On the one hand, it tells us of a time before the Bronze Age Collapse in the twelfth century BC, a lost era before the Greek…
Stunning Statue of Hermes Amidst Ancient Discoveries in Turkish City
As part of the “Heritage to the Future Project” carried out by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, excavations are underway under the ancient city of Aspendos. One of these digs, ongoing…
The Bronze Age Collapse: A Sudden, Violent Plunge into Darkness (Part Two)
The main problem in understanding the Bronze Age Collapse is that we don’t really know what happened. This may look like an oversimplification but it is not. It is, instead, the simple…
The Cranium from the Octagon: Do We Have the Skull of Cleopatra’s Sister?
In 1929, archaeologists excavating an octagonal monument at the heart of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus in modern day Turkey found a well preserved skeleton in a sarcophagus inside. In the…
Ancient Crab Amulet found in Turkey was a Ward Against Cancer
Archaeologists working to excavate the ancient Anatolian city of Pisidia Antioch have found something special. An amulet has been unearthed which the team believes was used to treat cancer in ancient Turkey.…
Llhuros: The Lost Civilization that Can Never Be Found
We know a great deal about the lost civilization of Llhuros. You may not have heard of this Iron Age kingdom, but far from being obscure and forgotten it is among the…