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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ephesus: An On-line Panoramic Virtual Tour - http://www.sailturkey.com/panoramas/ephesus/
Panoramic pictures of Ephesus. |
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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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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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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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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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Aphrodisias - http://www.turizm.net/cities/aphrodisias/
Illustrated history and description of the archeological sites in Aphrodisias. |
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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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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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Classic Archaeology - http://www.fotografcilar.com/classic/A.htm
Photographs from the ancient cities in Turkey. |
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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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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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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. |
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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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Aphrodisias - http://www.armory.com/~turkiye/turkey/ege/aphrodisias/aphrodisiashist.html
The city of Aphrodisias, the birth place of the goddess of love. Includes images and maps. |
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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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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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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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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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Images of Ephesus - http://www.imagesoftheworld.org/Ephesus/Ephesus.html
Showing the Roman ruins of this biblical site and museum pieces. |
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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 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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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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Ephesus - http://www.turizm.net/cities/ephesus/
History and sites of the city of Ephesus. |
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Catal Huyuk, Temple City of Prehistoric Anatolia - http://www.telesterion.com/catal1.htm
An article by William C. Eichman on the first true city, including speculations on the religious and esoteric philosophy suggested by its artworks and burial customs. |
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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 Goksu Archaeological Project - http://www.cofc.edu/~newhardj/Goksu/index.htm
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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Archaeological Sites in Turkey - http://www.geocities.com/resats/sites.html
A complete list of sites by area from tour guide Resat Suthan, with bibliography and background information. |
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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 Lycian Federation - http://www.lycianfederation.co.uk
A pictoral survey of Lycian Turkey, by David Cunliffe Pointer. |
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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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Temple of Artemis - http://www.ephesus.biz/artemis.asp
Short description and images of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Kusadasi. |
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New Foundations in the Ancient Near East - http://www.reed.edu/~harmanso/PDFs/aamw-talk.pdf
Preliminary results of fieldwork at Urartian sites in the Lake Van Basin. |
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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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Termessos on the Web - http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/termessos/
Guide to the ancient Pisidian city of Termessos (Termessus), near Antalya, Turkey. Includes a short history and pictures. |
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Zeugma - http://www.classics.uwa.edu.au/projects/zeugma
David Kennedy, University of Western Australia, describes the flooding of the remains of the ancient city of Samosata and the similar threat to Zeugma. Includes bibliography. |