Ancient Near East

Archaeologists believe they have discovered a 12th cave of Dead Sea Scrolls, adding to the treasure trove of history attained in the first eleven caves of Wadi Qumran.

The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports said the location where the Greek naval forces had gathered before the historic sea battle of Salamis against Persians in 480 BC had been discovered. The announcement said the location was most likely the commercial as well as the navy port of the island of Salamis in the classical ancient Greek era.

New findings have been obtained during excavations being carried out in the south of Van Fortress in the city of Van in southeast Turkey. 

A recreated Hittite village, which is set to be built in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum, home to the ancient site of Hattusha, will revive the life of the Hittite kingdom 3,500 years ago. 

Israeli archeologists have discovered a stone toilet while  excavating a Jewish shrine at an ancient city gate, they said Sept. 28, in evidence a biblical king tried to stamp out worship there. King Hezekiah deliberately defiled the eighth century B.C.

An ancient Urartian sewage system, which was first discovered during excavations in 2004 in the Çavuştepe Castle in the eastern province of Van, has been unearthed. 

This year's works in the castle in the Gürpınar district of Van recently came to an end, after unearthing ancient vineyards, walls, cisterns, temples and palace structures. 

Clay tablets unearthed during excavations at the Kültepe Kaniş/Karum mound in the province of Kayseri in central Turkey reveal that Anatolian women played an active part in administration and trade up to 4,000 years ago. 

Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think.

The archaeological site of Hattusha, the capital of the Hittite civilization which entered the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986, was visited by a number of ambassadors in Turkey over the weekend as part of its two-day 30th anniversary celebrations organized by the governor's office in the Central Anatolian province Çorum.

Macedonian police are "taking steps" to send hundreds of migrants who on Monday illegally entered the country back to Greece, a police spokesperson has said.

Reuters is reporting that the Interior Ministry said between 600 and 700 refugees had been detained, while Anatolia said that the number was 3,000.