Pompeii
Pompeii is one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in the world—a Roman city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Before the disaster […]
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The Haydarpaşa Dig: Unearthing Istanbul’s Hidden Past
In the heart of Istanbul, where the Bosphorus meets the Marmara Sea, stands the impressive and iconic (and German built) Haydarpaşa Train Station. Beyond its bustling platforms and historic facade, […]
The Ashurbanipal ‘Lion Hunt’ reliefs
Lions, representing a raw force of nature as well as being no doubt at one time a practical problem for herdsmen, are shown being killed by rulers in the late […]
Antalya Archaeological Museum
This museum used to be a bit of a dump, one of those monolithic Turkish state-controlled institutions where none of the exhibit labels were written in English, in fact many […]
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