Experts say the claim that Ani was the site of the first Friday prayer in Anatolia, the basis for plans to convert it into a ...

Turkish underwater archaeologists recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with hundreds of intact plates and bowls. The ...

EDIRNE, Turkey -- On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ...

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Archaeologist Peter Sommer shares five sites that offer tourists millennia-old history, unblemished landscapes, and intrepid ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani met with his Turkish counterpart Numan Kurtulmus in ...

Archaeologists uncovered the ancient Greek agora of Hyllarima in Turkey, revealing ancient Hellenistic shops and public ...

Further evidence has emerged that 8,000 years ago, women had at least as much status in society as men, at least in one of the few settlements from the time.

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

DNA from Stone Age burials in ancient Anatolia reveals the earliest known female-centered society in a farming community.