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Ancient City of Ephesus - http://www.ephesus.us
History, information and pictures of Ephesus, an ancient city. |
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Dionysos Statue To Be Given Back To Turkey - http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=7416
From the Turkish Press Daily News, Turkey won the legal fight for bringing the bronze Dionysos Statue back in. |
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Çatalhöyük Excavations - http://www.catalhoyuk.com/
Official site on the excavations carried out at this neolithic site in Turkey. Excavation reports and newsletters on the work of the international team of archaeologists. |
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Archaeological Settlements of Turkey (TAY) - http://www.tayproject.org/enghome.html
The TAY Project is designed to build a chronological inventory of the cultural heritage of Turkey. Includes: news, database, survey, and links. (In Turkish and English) |
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The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey Project - http://tayproject.org/
Aims to create, maintain and make available to the international community a complete inventory of all archeological sites within Turkey. English and Turkish. |
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Mysteries of Çatalhöyük - http://www.smm.org/catal/
The Science Museum of Minnesota explores the multitude of questions surrounding the findings at this archaeological dig in Turkey. Includes a virtual tour and timeline. |
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The Amuq Valley Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/AMU/Amuq.html
Excavations by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in this valley which has been densely occupied since at least 6000 B.C.E. to the present day. |
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Gordion Archaeological Project - http://home.att.net/~gordion/
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been excavating at the ancient Phrygian capital in central Turkey since 1950. Discoveries, pottery research, staff, bibliography, dig life. |
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Ephesus: An On-line Panoramic Virtual Tour - http://www.sailturkey.com/panoramas/ephesus/
Panoramic pictures of Ephesus. |
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Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) - http://www.utoronto.ca/tap/
Covers University of Toronto excavations at the Bronze and Iron Age site of Tell Ta'yinat, ancient Kunulua, in southeastern Turkey. Includes previous and current excavations, and reports. |
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Ziyaret Tepe - http://www3.uakron.edu/ziyaret/
During the late Iron Age (c. 900-600 BCE), Ziyaret Tepe was an important urban center on the northern edge of the Assyrian Empire. Contemporary cuneiform texts suggest that during this time Ziyaret Tepe was the Assyrian provincial capital of Tushhan. |
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Izmir Region Excavations and Research Project - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8635/
Illustrated descriptions of excavations at the rich prehistoric and later sites of Bakla Tepe, Liman Tepe and Panaztepe. Includes location map and bibliography. |
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Aphrodisias - http://www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/
Excavations at the ancient city of Aphrodisias by New York University. Location map, plan, history and detailed report with bibliography. |
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Black Sea Trade Project - http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Sinop/SinopIntro.htm
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is using new archaeological techniques and a holistic approach to explore Sinop from mountaintop to ocean bottom. Includes: reports, journals, and links. |
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Ephesus Guide - http://www.kusadasi.biz/ephesus.asp
Description of site by travel company. Numerous 3D and normal images of different monuments at Ephesus. |
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International Nemrud Foundation - http://www.nemrud.nl/
Provides an overview and a virtual tour of the Nemrud, the throne of the gods, in the Taurus Range in Turkey. Includes photos, a history, inscriptions, and literature about this World Heritage Monument. [English, Turkish, German, and Dutch] |
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Greek and Roman Cities of Western Turkey - http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/turkey/turkeybook/toc.html
A book proposal by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University, with selected chapters on-line. |
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Hacinebi Archaeological Excavations - http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/anthropology/stein/index.html
The 6000 year old site of Hacinebi, in the Euphrates river valley of southeast Turkey is the focus of an ongoing research by an international team of archaeologists, art historians, and materials scientists. |
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The Alacami - http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/alacami/alacami.htm
Excavation, survey and three-dimensional reconstruction of a late Roman basilica in Cilicia. Includes: images, description, and bibliography. |
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The Virtual World of Nemrud Dagi - http://www.learningsites.com/NemrudDagi/nemdagi-2.htm
Description of Learning Sites virtual re-creation of the Hellenistic Sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey. |
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Central Anatolian Neolithic e-Workshop (CANeW) - http://www.canew.org
An archaeological project on Internet, set up to debate some specific issues concerning the prehistory of Central Anatolia. |
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anatolian-arch - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anatolian-arch/
Limited access YahooGroup. Mailing list is for enabling discussion and communication amongst archaeologists working/interested in pre-classical Ancient Anatolia, and related regions. English/French/German/Turkish |
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The Goltepe/Kestel Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GOL/Goltepe.html
This project is an investigation of a Bronze Age mining district and the associated town where metallurgical installations, including evidence for tin smelting have been discovered. |
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Hacimusalar Excavations - http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~arkeo/haci.html
Bilkent University describes its excavations on this mound in the central Lycian plateau, which epigraphic evidence suggests was the site of the ancient city of Choma. |
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Ancient Anatolia and Asia Minor - http://www.ancientanatolia.com/index.htm
Discover the ancient civilizations and sites of Anatolia. Includes: maps, bibliography, images, and articles. |
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The Plunder of Zeugma - http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/iarc/culturewithoutcontext/issue7/acar.htm
Culture Without Context 7. Article on the archaeological looting crisis in Turkey and its relationship to modernization. |
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Cities of Revelation - http://www.luthersem.edu/ckoester/Revelation/main.htm
Craig Koester's virtual tour of places of the era and culture in which Revelation was written: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Patmos, Laocidea, Philadelphia and Thyatira. |
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The Goksu Archaeological Project - http://www.cofc.edu/~gap/
An investigation of the upper Göksu River valley in southern Turkey, using intensive and extensive survey techniques to examine changes in settlement patterns over time. |
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http://www.turizm.net/cities/ephesus/ - http://www.turizm.net/cities/ephesus/
History and sites of the city of Ephesus. |
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Aphrodisias - http://www.turizm.net/cities/aphrodisias/
Illustrated history and description of the archeological sites in Aphrodisias. |
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Bronze door-knockers of Cizre Great Mosque: A New Example - http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/bilici.html
An article by Z. Kenan Bilici. One of the most remarkable examples of the Anatolian Medieval Islamic metal works is the bronze cast door-knockers from the Cizre2-Great Mosque, that are in the form of a dragon. |
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Catal Hoyuk - http://www.focusmm.com/civcty/cathyk00.htm
Copiously illustrated article from Focus Online Magazine on the oldest and largest Neolithic city found. |
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/siteindex?entry=Ephesos - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/siteindex?entry=Ephesos
Entry from Tufts Perseus Site Catalog. Includes images, maps, buildings, and history. |
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The Phrygian Sanctuary of Gordion at Dümrek - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Spr00/dumrek.html
From Backdirt, the Phrygian Sanctuary of Gordion at Dümrek Project addresses both the nature of Phrygian cult practice and the regional extent of Gordion's cultural influence. |
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University Archaeologists Return to Amuq - http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040205/amuq.shtml
Inundations and other natural disasters usually spell the end for important archaeological projects, but in a rare example of a fortuitous flood, the Oriental Institute is recovering important additional artifacts from a site abandoned 55 years ago in Turkey. |