Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has finally put to rest a decades-long debate about whether the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society. The research finally ...

Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Olympus in the Kumluca district of Antalya, Türkiye, reveal new surprises. Ancient mosaic inscriptions and elaborately decorated floor mosaics were ...

When Western tourists who are visiting Istanbul, Turkey, cruise into a port, many typically look for one particular landmark: the Hagia Sophia. Identifying the ancient temple, which has served as a ...

A real-life version of the lost underwater city of Atlantis exists — and no, it's not Venice. To see it, you'll have to travel to Turkey, and head to either the town of Halfeti or the island of Kekova ...

Excavation work in Turkey’s ancient Olympus revealed intricate mosaic patterns and inscriptions at a church entrance. Known as Church No. 1, the mosaics contained within are dated to the fifth century ...

For the better part of two centuries, archaeologists have been uncovering the secrets of ancient Troy. On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the ...