Terracotta

A UNESCO-recognized "Çini" artist hailing from Türkiye's western province of Kütahya, will immortalize nearly 7,000 intricate patterns into comprehensive books, he says.

Çini is a traditional Turkish art form of ceramic tile painting, involving the decoration of ceramic surfaces with intricate and distinctive patterns and designs using colorful glazes.

Andreas Dorgiomanolakis shapes a terracotta pot in one of the last surviving ceramic workshops in Thrapsano, a village in Crete that had around 150 such workshops up until the 1970s. In the business since the age of 15, Dorgiomanolakis laments the lack of interest among the younger generations to take up the craft. "I fell in love with it through my grandfather," he told the AMNA.

During the excavations in the 7,000-year-old Assos ruins in Behramkale village, located in the Ayvacık district of the northwestern province of Çanakkale, a 2,000-year-old whistle has been unearthed around the Ayazma Church. Made of terracotta, the whistle was a child's toy in daily life, and they were put in children's graves as a burial gift believe the archaeologists.

Temple offerings from various periods were put on display at the İzmir Archaeology Museum.

Thousands of pieces that have been unearthed during the Myra and Andriake excavations in the southern province of Antalya's Demre district are being put together.

"This work we are doing is like digging in an office. Thousands of pieces are being completed like a big ancient puzzle," said the head of excavations Professor Nevzat Çevik.

The 2,000-year-old figurines of goddess Diana, the ruler of nature and wildlife in Roman mythology, have been put up on display for the first time.

Prestigious London performance and events venue the Royal Albert Hall opened at full capacity on July 19 for the first time since March 2020, but the concert hall says the pandemic has been financially devastating.

From July 20, the British government's main COVID-19 restrictions in England ended, meaning concert venues and theatres can sell all available seats.

Archaeologists unearthed 40 intact terracotta statuettes

Survey excavations that have been carried out in a field for the construction of a stadium have unearthed 2,000-year-old burials.

The area in the western province of Denizli was declared a first-degree excavations area, while another place will be searched for the stadium, the Denizli Metropolitan Municipality announced.

Archeologists on Sept. 6 unearthed 5,000-year-old rooms and terracotta pots in eastern Van province of Turkey.