Turkey Middle East Regional Archaeology

Turkey Middle East Regional Archaeology

Turkey

The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Turkey through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).

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- Craig Koester's virtual tour of places of the era and culture in which Revelation was written: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Patmos, Laocidea, Philadelphia and Thyatira.
- Excavations by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in this valley which has been densely occupied since at least 6000 B.C.E. to the present day.
- History and sites of the city of Ephesus.
- Inundations and other natural disasters usually spell the end for important archaeological projects, but in a rare example of a fortuitous flood, the Oriental Institute is recovering important additional artifacts from a site abandoned 55 years ago in Tur
- University of Melbourne excavation of a mound with deposits from the Early Bronze to the Medieval periods. Includes: a summary of the excavation seasons, illustrations, pottery drawings and trench plans.
- Discover the ancient civilizations and sites of Anatolia. Includes: maps, bibliogrphy, images, and articles.
- This article describes archaeological research at Catalhoyuk, in southern Turkey. Dated to 9,000 before present, the site is the oldest urban center ever discovered.
- Description of Learning Sites virtual re-creation of the Hellenistic Sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey.
- Aims to create, maintain and make available to the international community a complete inventory of all archeological sites within Turkey. English and Turkish.
- Entry from Tufts Perseus Site Catalog. Includes images, maps, buildings, and history.
- From the Times, a lost city described by the Greek historian Herodotus has been identified by a British archaeologist in central Turkey.
- From the Turkish Press Daily News, Turkey won the legal fight for bringing the bronze Dionysos Statue back in.
- Archaeological rescue project documenting the remarkably well-preserved Roman frontier city of Zeugma on the Euphrates river in advance of flooding by the Birecik Hydroelectric Dam.
- Culture Without Context 7. Article on the archaeological looting crisis in Turkey and its relationship to modernization.
- The 6000 year old site of Hacinebi, in the Euphrates river valley of southeast Turkey is the focus of an ongoing research by an international team of archaeologists, art historians, and materials scientists.
- Illustrated descriptions of excavations at the rich prehistoric and later sites of Bakla Tepe, Liman Tepe and Panaztepe. Includes location map and bibliography.
- Excavation, study of material excavated 1988-1996, regional surface survey, and ethnographic survey.
- Covers University of Toronto excavations at the Bronze and Iron Age site of Tell Ta'yinat, ancient Kunulua, in southeastern Turkey. Includes previous and current excavations, and reports.
- University of Melbourne: Illustrated introduction and reports on sites and current projects.
- The city of Aphrodisias, the birth place of the goddess of love. Includes images and maps.
- Explore life in pre-Roman Phrygia, includes articles, maps, photo gallery, chronology, and discussion board.
- ArchaeoExpeditions aimed to restore an ancient Roman imperial city gate in summer 2001. History, work plan, project directors.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor part of international research group refuting popular theory.
- From Ananova, the church was wrecked by two earthquakes, a flood, and a landslide, all of which happened while it was still being built.
- Showing the Roman ruins of this biblical site and museum pieces.
- Limited access YahooGroup. Mailing list is for enabling discussion and communication amongst archaeologists working/interested in pre-classical Ancient Anatolia, and related regions. English/French/German/Turkish
- Official site on the excavations carried out at this neolithic site in Turkey. Excavation reports and newsletters on the work of the international team of archaeologists.
- Provides an overview and a virtual tour of the Nemrud, the throne of the gods, in the Taurus Range in Turkey. Includes photos, a history, inscriptions, and literature about this World Heritage Monument. [English, Turkish, German, and Dutch]
- This project is an investigation of a Bronze Age mining district and the associated town where metallurgical installations, including evidence for tin smelting have been discovered.
- Summaries of the main aspects of the project, illustrations of methods employed and results obtained, and a selection of reports and research papers.
- From Backdirt, the Phrygian Sanctuary of Gordion at Dümrek Project addresses both the nature of Phrygian cult practice and the regional extent of Gordion's cultural influence.
- A complete list of sites by area from tour guide Resat Suthan, with bibliography and background information.
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been excavating at the ancient Phrygian capital in central Turkey since 1950. Discoveries, pottery research, staff, bibliography, dig life.
- Panoramic pictures of Ephesus.
- A book proposal by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University, with selected chapters on-line.
- Short description and images of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Kusadasi.
- Preliminary results of fieldwork at Urartian sites in the Lake Van Basin.
- David Kennedy, University of Western Australia, describes the flooding of the remains of the ancient city of Samosata and the similar threat to Zeugma. Includes bibliography.
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is using new archaeological techniques and a holistic approach to explore Sinop from mountaintop to ocean bottom. Includes: reports, journals, and links.
- Copiously illustrated article from Focus Online Magazine on the oldest and largest Neolithic city found.
- Description of site by travel company. Numerous 3D and normal images of different monuments at Ephesus.
- Bilkent University describes its excavations on this mound in the central Lycian plateau, which epigraphic evidence suggests was the site of the ancient city of Choma.
- The Science Museum of Minnesota explores the multitude of questions surrounding the findings at this archaeological dig in Turkey. Includes a virtual tour and timeline.
- During the late Iron Age (c. 900-600 BCE), Ziyaret Tepe was an important urban center on the northern edge of the Assyrian Empire. Contemporary cuneiform texts suggest that during this time Ziyaret Tepe was the Assyrian provincial capital of Tushhan.
- From Xinhua, new excavations at Turkey's western ancient site of Troy will start on 15 July 2002, reported the Anatolian News Agency on Saturday.
- An archaeological project on Internet, set up to debate some specific issues concerning the prehistory of Central Anatolia.
- A lesson on the archaeology of Western Anatolia and the Eastern Aegean in the Early Bronze Age.
- History, information and pictures of Ephesus, an ancient city.
- The TAY Project is designed to build a chronological inventory of the cultural heritage of Turkey. Includes: news, database, survey, and links. (In Turkish and English)
- An article by William C. Eichman on the first true city, including speculations on the religious and esoteric philosophy suggested by its artworks and burial customs.
- A pictoral survey of Lycian Turkey, by David Cunliffe Pointer.
- An article by Z. Kenan Bilici. One of the most remarkable examples of the Anatolian Medieval Islamic metal works is the bronze cast door-knockers from the Cizre2-Great Mosque, that are in the form of a dragon.

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