Friday, July 10, 2026

History Highlights

A cell-plan building excavated at the Neolithic site of Cayonu

Cayonu: The Neolithic Village Where Farming Life Began

Cayonu is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey where early farming, animal domestication, and organized architecture emerged nearly 11,000 years ago.

The excavated mound of Alalakh, ancient Tell Atchana, in the Amuq plain

Alalakh: The Bronze Age City That Wrote Down Its Own History

Discover Alalakh, the Bronze Age city near Antakya whose royal archives, King Idrimi statue, and Aegean-style frescoes reveal Near Eastern history.

The rock of Van Fortress rising above the plain in eastern Turkey

Tushpa: The Urartian Capital Carved Into the Rock Above Lake Van

Tushpa, the ancient Urartian capital known today as Van Fortress, rises on a rock above Lake Van in eastern Turkey, its citadel carved from stone nearly three thousand years ago.

The summit and statue terraces of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey

Mount Nemrut: The Mountaintop Where a King Sat Among His Gods

Mount Nemrut is a mountaintop tomb sanctuary in southeastern Turkey where colossal statues of a king and his gods, carved over two thousand years ago, still gaze across the Anatolian

The megalithic standing stones of Zorats Karer on the Syunik plateau

Zorats Karer: The Standing Stones Armenians Call Their Stonehenge

Zorats Karer, widely known as Karahunj or the Armenian Stonehenge, is a megalithic stone circle in southern Armenia where more than two hundred ancient standing stones still rise on a