Scholars studying ancient sites in Asia Minor have exposed a powerful culture from the Late Bronze Age. In what is now western Turkey, the team found 483 archaeological settlements that would have ...

Archaeologists are excavating an ancient Neolithic site in Turkey that is believed to represent one of the earliest found in the region, potentially even predating the famous site of Göbekli Tepe. The ...

The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...

Some ancient Roman sites get all the glory. Ephesus, Pompeii, the Colosseum… these guys are household names and are visited by millions every year. So you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re the only ...

Archaeologist and travel company founder Peter Sommer shares five sites that offer tourists millennia-old history, unblemished landscapes, and intrepid hikes—all without the crowds. ByRebecca Ann ...

(Fulya OZERKAN/AFP/AFP) On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's ...

On a low rise in southeastern Turkey, a ring of towering stones has quietly rewritten the story of civilization. Göbekli Tepe, a ritual complex dating back roughly 12,000 years, predates pottery, ...

The United Nations culture and heritage organization Unesco said it was mobilizing experts to survey the damage to historical sites from the earthquakes and aftershocks that hit Turkey and Syria this ...