Zeugma

Archaeologists have found pieces of grains, seeds and charred food during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. The discovered ancient food residuals are expected to shed more light on the gastronomic history of Gaziantep.

Construction has been completed on a new roof to better protect the ancient city of Zeugma, famous for its Gypsy Girl mosaic, and located on the shore of the Euphrates River in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. 

Turkey is seeking FBI’s assistance after its demands for the return of mosaics smuggled from the ancient city of Zeugma to the Wolfe Art Center in the US 47 years ago were not met 

This year's archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, which lies on the coast of the Euphrates River and is famous for the Gypsy Girl Mosaic, has unearthed bronze pieces from the clothing of legion units, silver and iron materials, rings, fibulas, ceramics, ivory and bone needles and frescoes, with experts saying excavations in the ancient site may last a century. 

Some sculptures unearthed during archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, which are on display at the Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, have been identified to have the same style as the ones in Syria's ancient Palmyra city, which is currently on the world's agenda after it received severe damage from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

Zeugma in the southeastern province of Gaziantep is now being promoted to the world with a virtual tour on the website www.zeugma.org.tr. 

A Roman-era child statue, which was unearthed in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep in 1931 but then sent to the southern province of Adana, was brought back to the city after 85 years. 
The opening of the statue called the "Romani Bambino" was held at a ceremony at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum. 

The listing of a southeastern Turkish city on the Creative Cities Network of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) in gastronomy has been hailed at an event in Istanbul.

Archaeological excavations have been ongoing in four different spots in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, which is one of the oldest settlements in the world. 

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