Akdeniz University Archaeology Department

During official archaeological excavations that have been secretly carried out in the southern province of Antalya's Kaleiçi, an ancient Roman theater has been discovered under a school. 

During official archaeological excavations that have been secretly carried out in the southern province of Antalya's Kaleiçi, an ancient Roman theater has been discovered under a school. 

The cross of a 12th century Byzantine chapel, located outside the ancient city of Myra in the southern province of Antalya, has reportedly been stolen. 

Demre District Governor Murat Uz said an investigation has been opened into the theft, and they believe the 20-centimeter long marble cross was stolen in the last three or four days. 

Roman-era cooks used double baskets and pressure steam cookers to prepare their food, according to findings from the ancient city of Tlos in southwestern Turkey, an academic leading the excavations has said.

Roman-era cooks used double baskets and pressure steam cookers to prepare their food, according to findings from the ancient city of Tlos in southwestern Turkey, an academic leading the excavations has said.

This year's excavation work at the ancient site of Patara, located in the southern province of Antalya, has recently concluded.

Patara, known as the capital of ancient Lycian Union, has been undergoing excavations for 27 years.

Opramoas, a businessman who lived in the ancient city of Rhodiapolis in the southern province of Antalya's Kumluca district in the 2nd century A.D. and was known as an important civic benefactor, has become a "honorary member" of the Antalya Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ANS?AD) upon the application of Professor Nevzat Çevik. 

The Santa Claus Museum in Antalya's Demre is the most visited place by tourists, especially the French, in the whole region. It is followed by the ancient city of Myra In the first nine months of 2014, 2.6 million Turkish and foreign people visited the ancient sites in the southern province of Antalya. It is expected that this figure reached 2.8 million by the end of the year.