archaeology - The Mad Traveler

Back in 1998, while overnighting in Antakya, Turkey (Antioch!), I got up early before our afternoon bus into Syria —

Zeugma Mosaic Museum: Gaziantep, Turkey

When plans to build a dam on the Euphrates threatened flooding for all these mosaics, efforts were made to relocate

On August 31, 2015, the United Nations informed the world that much of what you see here was destroyed by

This is Part Two of the story from Urfa: Mustafa and a Neolithic Rant I had emailed Professor Schmidt

Göbekli Tepe (read more here) is a very important archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating back to the Neolithic period,

If you thought Stonehenge was old and fascinating, prepare yourself to be wowed by a place only a few archaeological

After nearly 11 hours on a bus from Nevşehir in Cappadocia, we arrived in Şanlıurfa just before midnight. We took

Turkey has more than its fair share of Greek ruins, many of which get overlooked in favor of the famous

Updated: Originally this post went up when reports of the rise of Golden Dawn, an ultra-right wing party with a