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Thanks to the new Sanal Muze digital portal released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey in 2020 CE, history lovers and art enthusiasts can now take virtual tours of Turkey's best archaeological sites and museums. There are currently...

Located at the crossroads of many ancient civilizations, Turkey is a haven for archaeology lovers. Over the centuries, a succession of empires and kingdoms – Hittite, Lydian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and, finally, Ottoman – ruled...

A screen shot from the virtual tour of the Antalya Archaeological Museum, one of Turkey's largest museums. Thanks to the new Sanal Muze digital portal released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey in 2020 CE, history lovers and...

A screen shot from the virtual tour of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Turkey's most outstanding museum. Thanks to the new Sanal Muze digital portal released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey in 2020 CE, history lovers...

Area surrounding the site of Göbekli Tepe, Turkey. The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe dates back to the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago, and was discovered in 1995 CE. It is the world's oldest example of monumental architecture...

The gold inlay can be seen on the shoulders, sides, and haunch. The animal stands on a copper stand. Perhaps, it was part of a canopy pole of a rich burial. Probably from Alaca Huyuk, Central Turkey. Early Bronze Age, about 2300 BCE. (The...

A digital reconstruction of what the Basilica Therma in Sarıkaya, Turkey may have looked like. Reconstruction created by NeoMam Studios, commissioned by QS Supplies.

This is one of a long procession of tribute bearers seen arriving from modern-day Syria or Turkey, on the western fringes of the Assyrian Empire. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II, 710-705 BCE. From Room X of the Royal Palace at Khorsabad...

Colonnaded street at Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey).

The Roman-built Cevlik tunnel in Turkey. The 1.4 km (0.87 miles) tunnel was built to divert the floodwaters threatening the harbour of the ancient city of Seleuceia Pieria, and had inscriptions on the entrance, still visible today, that indicated...