Lydia
Lydian kingdom's culinary culture revealed in excavations
This year's archaeological excavations carried out in the ancient city of Daskyleion in the northwestern province of Balıkesir's Bandırma district have unearthed two kitchens with utensils such as pots, pans, fish bone, seed and mortar made of basalt stone.
Money, money, Money… Who's the common denominator?
What did Napoleon say? "Money… money... money..."
Who invented money to become the world's richest person? Wasn't it the Lydian King Croesus, who printed money containing electrum in Sardis, present-day Salihli, Manisa, in the seventh-century B.C.?
Lydian electrum coin
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Ancient marketplace found in Denizli
Ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Tripoli in the western province of Denizli's Buldan district have unearthed a 2,000-year-old market place, indicating that the city was a significant center of trade in the past.
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Bad weather prevents excavations
Bad weather conditions around Turkey also affect archaeological excavations at ancient cities. The work in Laodicea, which normally continues throughout the year, is on hiatus until March Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Laodicea, located in the western province of Denizli, have been put on hiatus until March 1 over cold and rainy weather conditions in the region.
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Archaeology world excited about Gölmarmara findings
An international archaeology team working in Manisa?s Gölmarmara lake basin is excited about new findings in the area including a massive castle and Bronze Age settlement The latest findings discovered during excavations on Kaymakç? Hill in Manisa?s Gölmarmara Lake basin have aroused excitement in the archaeological world, including one that even overshadow the famous city of Troy.
Ancient Sardis slowly coming to light in Turkey's Manisa
When you've been conducting archaeological excavations since 1854 and you've only revealed 3 percent of what is believed to lie beneath, either your priorities are elsewhere or your quarry is really quite large.
There would be no Greek debt if the Ancients hadn’t invented math and money!
Greece is in debt. It owes over 323 billion and counting! And as International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Christine Lagarde so rightly coined it… “a debt is a debt”. Of course, were it not for the ancient Greeks there may not have been anything to create debt with in the first place.
MATH
Ancient granaries found in Denizli
Structures from 1,900 years ago have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Tripolis, located in the western province of Denizli's Buldan district. The structures were used as granaries, according to officials.
The archaeological excavations have been ongoing in Tripolis, located on a triangle of Phrygia, Karia and Lydia.
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Sarcophagus found in sand pit
Two skeletons have been discovered in a sarcophagus found in a sand pit near the ancient city of Tripolis in the western province of Denizli's Buldan district. The skeletons were estimated to belong to a couple who lived 18 centuries ago.
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Trashing Arcadia's image — Waste management at the forefront
The modern Greek state’s continuing and abysmal failure to comprehensively deal with all forms of waste management again reared its “ugly head”, this time, ironically, in the eponymous Greek prefecture of Arcadia – an ancient placement which is associated with pastoralism and harmony with nature.