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2,800-year-old agora uncovered at Troy refutes Dark Age abandonment myth

Ice Age teeth in Sulawesi push betel-nut use back as far as 25,000 years

Roman mosaic and Eros head uncovered in the basilica at Pompeiopolis, Kastamonu

Devil’s Arrows stones sourced to Brimham Rocks, 18 km from Britain’s tallest stone row

4,600-year-old game board and engraved comb recovered at Shahr-i-Sokhta

80,000-year-old microlithic points at Obi-Rakhmat compared with Mandrin arrowheads

University of Udine maps Nimrud’s 800-acre lower town beyond the acropolis

Neolithic malachite and copper workshop exposed at Çayönü Tepesi, Ergani

Dahshur princesses’ skeletons show habitual archery, not only ceremonial weapons

Nature lidar survey estimates tens of thousands of earthworks in southwest Amazonia

Pine tar, beeswax, and pollen reconstruct repairs on the Ilovik–Paržine 1 wreck

About 25 Epipaleolithic turtle figurines recovered at Gedikkaya Cave, Bilecik

Theban Tomb 209 reuse shows ordered stacking, not a disordered mummy dump

Tiny Paleolithic bird carvings unearthed in Germany

Latin graffiti recorded in Spain’s Cova Dones cave sanctuary

Hundreds of geoglyphs mapped in the Amazon rainforest

Hippocampus mosaic uncovered in western Turkey

Digital reconstruction reveals early Maya calendrical writing at Calakmul

Study: household inequality narrowed as Mohenjo-daro grew

Copper bells uncovered at Yampara site in Bolivia

Lake Turkana footprints reevaluated as tall Paranthropus boisei group

Early Roman fortification traced at Vindonissa, Switzerland

Pompeii’s restored House with Bakery ceiling brings Dionysus and Ariadne fresco back to view

Study tracks origins of 19th-century Africans left on Atlantic island

Barracks foundation found in Nova Scotia fort

2,800-year-old agora uncovered at Troy refutes Dark Age abandonment myth

Ice Age teeth in Sulawesi push betel-nut use back as far as 25,000 years

Roman mosaic and Eros head uncovered in the basilica at Pompeiopolis, Kastamonu

Devil’s Arrows stones sourced to Brimham Rocks, 18 km from Britain’s tallest stone row

4,600-year-old game board and engraved comb recovered at Shahr-i-Sokhta

80,000-year-old microlithic points at Obi-Rakhmat compared with Mandrin arrowheads

University of Udine maps Nimrud’s 800-acre lower town beyond the acropolis

Neolithic malachite and copper workshop exposed at Çayönü Tepesi, Ergani

Dahshur princesses’ skeletons show habitual archery, not only ceremonial weapons

Nature lidar survey estimates tens of thousands of earthworks in southwest Amazonia

Pine tar, beeswax, and pollen reconstruct repairs on the Ilovik–Paržine 1 wreck

About 25 Epipaleolithic turtle figurines recovered at Gedikkaya Cave, Bilecik

Theban Tomb 209 reuse shows ordered stacking, not a disordered mummy dump

Tiny Paleolithic bird carvings unearthed in Germany

Latin graffiti recorded in Spain’s Cova Dones cave sanctuary

Hundreds of geoglyphs mapped in the Amazon rainforest

Hippocampus mosaic uncovered in western Turkey

Digital reconstruction reveals early Maya calendrical writing at Calakmul

Study: household inequality narrowed as Mohenjo-daro grew

Copper bells uncovered at Yampara site in Bolivia

Lake Turkana footprints reevaluated as tall Paranthropus boisei group

Early Roman fortification traced at Vindonissa, Switzerland

Pompeii’s restored House with Bakery ceiling brings Dionysus and Ariadne fresco back to view

Study tracks origins of 19th-century Africans left on Atlantic island

Barracks foundation found in Nova Scotia fort

2,800-year-old agora uncovered at Troy refutes Dark Age abandonment myth

Ice Age teeth in Sulawesi push betel-nut use back as far as 25,000 yearsAll news

Seljuk Timeline

10000 BCE – 1500 CE · 4 sites

Seljuk culture built the commercial and scholarly backbone of medieval Anatolia and Iran, linking Silk Road trading caravans with monumental stone caravanserai (hans), madrasas, and turquoise-domed complexes.

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Ruins of the medieval city of Ani

Ani

500 CE – 1400 CE

A medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish-Armenian border, once home to over 100,000 people. Its ruins include magnificent churches, mosques, and fortifications spanning centuries of multicultural history.

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Panoramic view of ancient Antakya from the hills

Antioch (Antakya)

300 BCE – 1268 CE

One of the four great cities of the ancient world and a cradle of early Christianity. Antioch's extraordinary mosaics rival those of Pompeii, and its layered history spans Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic civilizations.

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Hasankeyf on the Tigris River

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Oldest City in the World

Hasankeyf

10000 BCE – 1500 CE

A 12,000-year-old cliff city on the Tigris River with cave dwellings, medieval bridges, and Artukid monuments — one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world, now partially submerged by the Ilısu Dam in one of the most controversial heritage losses of the 21st century.

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Ancient columns and ruins at Stratonikeia archaeological site

Stratonikeia

300 BCE – 1300 CE

A remarkably well-preserved Hellenistic and Roman city in Caria, unique for being partially inhabited by the modern village of Eskihisar, creating a living landscape where ancient and contemporary coexist.

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