Türkiye Today reports that Turkish archaeologists led by Gorkem Kokdemir of Ankara University at the site of Magnesia in western Turkey have uncovered an extensive 2,400-year-old area paved with ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization.

From Africa’s Swahili Coast to the Old City of Antakya in Turkey, the types of challenges faced by monuments on the Watch reflect the problems we face as a global society. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for ...

The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

The inscription is on the Arslan Kaya ("Lion Rock") monument in the Phrygian Highlands between Seyit Gazi and Afyonkarahisar in central western Turkey. Arslan Kaya is a free-standing spire of ...

The monument is heavily damaged from weathering and looters, making the inscription extremely hard to read. What it says has been a source of debate since the 19th century, Munn noted in the paper ...

Eric Adams cleared a path for the opening of the troubled Manhattan skyscraper after the Fire Department flagged defects. “You are a true friend of Turkey,” the consul general replied.

If you too wish to take inspiration from Sara and soak in the historical significance that Istanbul in Turkey has to offer, here are few must-visit historical monuments you should not miss.

Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, host to one of the world's oldest ancient farming communities, paid a lot of attention to the skies. The world's oldest solar calendar might have been found there.

The ‘world’s oldest calendar’, unearthed at the Gobekli Tepe site in southern Turkey (Martin Sweatman/University of Edinburgh/PA) Wed, 07 Aug, 2024 - 17:00 Nilima Marshall, PA Science Reporter ...

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