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The Culture and Tourism Ministry is working on a new travel route that will feature the ongoing excavations of Neolithic sites, including the renowned Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa.

Perched atop Dambak Hill south of the iconic Balıklıgöl complex in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, Urfa Castle showcases its commanding views over the city as ongoing excavations reveal traces of the past.

Two nearly 2,000-year-old tombs with magnificent wall paintings will be open to the public for the first time in southern Israel after a painstaking conservation process, the Israel Antiquities Authority has announced.

Visitors can now experience the 1,850-year-old, 12-sided polygonal structure from the ancient city of Alexandria Troas as it comes to life through augmented reality, enabling them to explore its historical grandeur as if they were walking through it in its prime.

Archaeological excavations at the Tavşanlı Mound in the western province of Kütahya's Tavşanlı district have unearthed a 3,700-year-old cylinder seal in a layer dating back to the end of the Assyrian Trade Colonies period.

The seal that excited the archaeological world is expected to fill an important gap in Anatolia's trade history.

The head of the excavation at Göbeklitepe in the eastern province of Şanlıurfa has denied recent reports which surfaced in both Turkish and international media that operations at the Neolithic site had ceased and that trees had been planted in the protected area.

Excavations in the ancient city of Bathonea, located in the Küçükçekmece Lake basin in Istanbul's Avcılar district, have been resumed.

A British citizen was sentenced on June 6 by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artifacts out of the country, in a case that has attracted international attention.

The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defense attorney. He and his family have argued that Fitton, 66, had no criminal intent.

The discovery of thousands of artifacts and ancient roads during the excavations in the ancient city of Aigai, one of the 12 Aeolian cities in the western province of Manisa, the history of which dates back to the eighth century B.C., is drawing the attention of visitors.

Recently I was traveling through a provincial town where I met with a journalist at a local newspaper. An old-timer, who had set up his own paper, one of the town's really experienced veterans, he conveyed to me his deepest concern: The country's financial crisis had essentially demolished his work.