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Pergamon
Date Added: 10th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2012
Pergamon submitted by DrewParsons on 5th May 2012. The Traian Temple photographed in 1999
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Troy.
Date Added: 10th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2012
Troy. submitted by DrewParsons on 5th May 2012. The sloping, excavated walls of Troy VI. Photographed during a visit with a New Zealand school group to Gallipoli in 1999. I visited this site in 1963 also and slept on the museum floor on that occasion.
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Göbekli Tepe
Date Added: 24th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Göbekli Tepe submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Aug 2006. Segment D is one of the near circular shaped pillared areas in the best condition of Göbekli Tepe.
There are 5 more, usually smaller such pillared areas on this site, many of the pillars having elaborate carvings.
Göbekli Tepe is apparently a Pre Pottery Neolithic Temple dating back to about 9,000 BCE near the Euphrates in South Eastern Turkey.
With kind permission from Dr. Klaus Schmidt, of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
Original text provided: Anlage D ist die bes...
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Nemrut Dag
Date Added: 24th Jun 2012
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Nemrut Dag submitted by davidmorgan on 30th Nov 2006. Figures on the west terrace.
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Amasya Museum
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Amasya Museum submitted by h_fenton on 5th May 2012. The Statuette of Amasya or the Hittite Storm God Tesup, a figurine cast in Bronze it was found in a tumulus to the southeast of Doğantepe in 1962.
The figurine is missing its arms and legs and some other parts. It dates from the Hittite period 1450-1200BC.
There are two similar golden figurines in the British Museum and the Louvre.
This figurine is on display in Amasya Museum, Turkey.
27 April 2008
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Ankara Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Ankara Museum of Anatolian Civilizations submitted by AlexHunger on 16th Sep 2007. Museum in Ankara.
It holds exhibits from the Stone Age to Hellenistıc times.
The museum is a former 'Bedeste' or duty free Turkish shopping centre. It was European museum of the year in 1997.
A must-see in Ankara.
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Kibyra
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Kibyra submitted by davidmorgan on 19th Nov 2008. The stadium at Kibyra.
October 2006
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Yazilikaya
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Carving
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Yazilikaya submitted by davidmorgan on 6th Dec 2006. The Great Rock-Gallery adorned with reliefs representing 63 Hittite divinities. Probably erected by Hattusili III (1275-1250 BCE). Photo taken September 1993.
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Telmessos
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Telmessos submitted by davidmorgan on 9th May 2007. The Tomb of Amyntas. August 1993.
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Karabel Rock Relief
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Carving
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Karabel Rock Relief submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Nov 2007. A short hike up the steep path leads to this wonderful carving.
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Istanbul Archaeological Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Oct 2007. This part of the Istanbul Museum, built about 1902 houses the Hellenistic, Roman and byzantine artifacts as well as the items from Lebanon.
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Hattuşa
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan on 30th Nov 2006. The outside of the King's Gate.
October 2004.
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Patara
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Patara submitted by KaiHofmann on 21st Jun 2010. Patara-Site in Turkey
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Vaysal Dolmen
Date Added: 27th Dec 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Vaysal Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. Sadly the dolmen is covered with graffiti.
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Lalapasa Dolmen
Date Added: 27th Dec 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Lalapasa Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A side view
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Dolmen North Lalapasa
Date Added: 27th Dec 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen North Lalapasa submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A dolmen about 2km north of Lalapasa
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Elaiussa Sebaste
Date Added: 27th Dec 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Elaiussa Sebaste submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Nov 2011. The theatre.
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Aspendos
Date Added: 27th Dec 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Aspendos Theatre submitted by AlexHunger on 25th Dec 2005. Roman Theatre in Aspendos, Turkey.
Still used for performances today.
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Dolmens Of Krasnosyolovka
Date Added: 22nd Dec 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Ukraine
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmens Of Krasnosyolovka submitted by AlexAssa on 11th Dec 2015. Site in Russia
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al-Sufouh
Date Added: 28th Apr 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: United Arab Emirates
Visited: Yes on 21st Oct 2017
al-Sufouh submitted by DrewParsons on 21st Oct 2017. Pottery from Al Sufouh:3rd millennia BC, now in Dubai Museum (Al Fahidi Fort) Photographed at the museum in October 2017
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