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The country's Minister of Culture and Tourism visited the site, where he announced the opening of a new underwater archaeology museum.
ANTALYA, Turkey The archaeological museum in southern Antalya province on Turkey's breathtaking Mediterranean coastline is shedding light on ancient times with brimming antique artifacts and ...
Divers exploring an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Adrasan, Turkey just recovered ceramics so well-preserved that they were found neatly stacked together, just as they had been when the vessel ...
ANTALYA, TURKEY— Hurriyet Daily News reports that a 2,400-year-old house, with a kitchen and a neighboring room containing mirrors, ornaments, loom weights, and fragrance containers, has been ...
A Flemish tourist on vacation in Turkey is being detained until further notice after being accused of “smuggling archaeological artifacts.” Kimberly Mergits and her partner Warre were ...
ANTALYA, TURKEY—Yeni Şafak reports that a marble altar encircled with a coiled snake carved in relief has been unearthed at the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey. Estimated to be more ...
Let’s kick things off with a win for archaeology buffs: the bronze head of a Roman emperor has made its way home from Denmark and will soon take its place in the treasure-packed Antalya Museum, one of ...
Turkey’s Museum Hotel Antakya is an engineering marvel: A modern five-star hotel that “floats” on steel columns above a 2,300-year-old archaeological park.
At the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which opened near the Topkapi Palace Museum in 1869, you'll find more than a million antiquities displayed throughout three buildings: the Archaeological ...
That's on display at the Diyarbakir Archaeological Museum. He says they also found an Assyrian-era stamp, a kind of official seal carved into stone, that Coskun says dates back some 3,000 years.