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

Photo Gallery: Palmyra, Syria

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

Before Bangkok, there was Ayutthaya, a stately capital of an empire, and one of the largest cities in the world

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

The Indiana Jones moment. I went to Jordan and did the obvious. It’s kissing the Blarney stone of Jordan and

I’d rate Petra as one of those top ten must-sees in the archaeological world category. Here are just a “few”

Pamukkale means cotton castle in Turkish and the name is fitting for this geological wonder where mineral rich waters tumble