Supplying Constantinople with water was a monumental challenge that received a monumental solution. Examining the extraordinary remains of aqueducts, bridges, and cisterns…
The grand architectural monuments of Ephesus attest to its glory days as a sophisticated metropolis of the Roman Empire. But what happened…
An early 13th-century AD skeleton found on the outskirts of ancient Troy has yielded preserved bacterial DNA from a deadly maternal infection…
In an era of widespread looting and illicit antiquities trade, it seems rarer and rarer that good-hearted people stand up for the…
Nicholas Kropacek, Eastern Turkey Tours Eastern Turkey is one of those truly undiscovered parts of the world that are rare to find today.…
Denise Allen, Andante Travels There has been a curious contrast over the past decade: while archaeology has been hit hard by the…
The dig Imperial rivalry and a growing awareness that little was known of a major Anatolian civilisation of Late Bronze Age and…
The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom Antony Eastmond Phaidon Press, £59.95 ISBN 978-0714848105 Spanning the 4th-15th centuries, from the late Roman…
Rocky Cappadocia played a significant role in the history of Byzantium, yet little is known of this remote area. Eric Cooper explores…
One of the most spectacular excavations in the world today is in the Great Harbour, built by Theodosius I in Constantinople (Istanbul).…
Solving the mysteries at Van How were some of the first chariots made? Prof. Erkan Konyar of Istanbul University believes he has…
How the mighty have fallen High on a mountain top in a remote part of south-eastern Turkey, the gods congregate at a…
Excavations in southern Turkey have uncovered a huge Roman mosaic, suggesting that Imperial culture was more influential on the edge of the…