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Yumuktepe: Neolithic on the Med
Yumuktepe (Yümüktepe Höyük) is a Neolithic mound site active from c. 6300 BCE to Byzantine times. On the turquoise Turkish Mediterranean,...
Sylvia Rose
Jun 2, 20245 min read
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Lake Van: Fate of a Primeval Soda Salt Lake
Lake Van is the largest lake in Turkey. A saline soda lake, it's fed by numerous mountain streams. Van lacks a water outlet, making it...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 20, 20246 min read
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Mt Nemrut Volcano: Nature & Lore
Mount Nemrut is a dormant volcano in Van province of east Turkey, near Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands. Nemrut is named for the...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 19, 20247 min read
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Çayönü Tepesi: Blood of the Earth
Çayönü Tepesi (Cayonu) is a Neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. From c. 8630-6800 BCE it's a site of innovation, agriculture and human...
Sylvia Rose
Mar 13, 20248 min read
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Gobekli Tepe - Neolithic Life Anatolia
Göbekli Tepe or Gobekli Tepe in today's Turkey is occupied between c. 9500 and c. 8000 BCE. People of the prehistoric settlement leave...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 26, 20247 min read
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Nerik: Ancient Life in the Kaska Zone
Nerik is one of the northernmost cities established by the Bronze Age Hittites in Anatolia (Turkey). Surrounded by unforgiving landscapes...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 26, 20244 min read
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Tumanna: Ancient Black Sea Kingdom
Tumanna is a northern Anatolian settlement of the ancient world. Embracing the south coast of the Black Sea, in the late Bronze Age...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Pirwa - Horse God of Ancient Hittites
Pirwa is a horse deity of the Hittites and Luwians in ancient Anatolia (today's Turkey). He's also called Perwa or Peruwa. Considered a...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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Hannahanna - Great Grandmother Goddess
Hannahanna is the great grandmother goddess of the Hittites. She features in several myths usually following the exploits of her...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 18, 20243 min read
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Hashamili - Metal Work & Smith God
Hashamili (Ḫašamili, Ḫašameli) is the Hittite god of metal workers and metallurgists, metal working, smiths and smithing. He's also a...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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Uluburun - Bronze Age Shipwreck
The Uluburun shipwreck is among the amazing discoveries from the Bronze Age. Near Uluburun (Grand Cape) in Mediterranean Anatolia...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 14, 20246 min read
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Cilicia (Kazziwatna) - Bounty & Booty
Cilicia (Kazziwatna) in today's southern Turkey is a busy place in the ancient Bronze Age. The land is bountiful, the climate sublime,...
Sylvia Rose
Jan 13, 20243 min read
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Taurus Mountains: Bronze Age Bounty
The Taurus Mountains rise from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to overlook the Anatolian plateau and lush highlands above and the...
Sylvia Rose
Dec 29, 20235 min read
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Hatti - Cultures of Ancient Anatolia
In the ancient world, the Hatti or Hattians occupy the area of modern-day Turkey. They've been in the rapidly-shaping Anatolia since the...
Sylvia Rose
Dec 11, 20233 min read
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Luwians - Mysteries of Ancient Anatolia
The Luwians, Hatti and Hurrians, among others, inhabit ancient Anatolia when the Hittites rise to power in the 17th century BCE. The...
Sylvia Rose
Nov 13, 20234 min read
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Shaushka (Šauška): Hurrian Great Goddess
Šauška (Shaushka) is the Great Goddess of the ancient Hurrian pantheon. She's cognate with goddesses Ishtar and Inanna . Her domains are...
Sylvia Rose
Nov 11, 20233 min read
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Kashka - Mountain Raiders of Anatolia
From the Pontic Mountains between the Anatolian Steppe and the Black Sea, the Kaskians (Kashka, Kaška, Kaska) are a fearsome people who...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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Anatolia - Alaca Höyük City of the Sun
Alaca Höyük or Alacahöyük is a vibrant Anatolian Neolithic and Hittite settlement of great impact to the known world. It's located in...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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Kanesh (Kultepe): Kārum City of Trade
The ancient town of Kültepe (Kultepe, Kanesh, Kaneš), where the earliest writing originates, rises to a prosperous trade city and kārum ...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Çatalhöyük (Catalhoyuk) Neolithic Anatolia
Çatalhöyük (Catal hoyuk, Catalhoyuk) is a vibrant center for commerce, agricultural development and innovation. A Stone Age settlement...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 29, 20235 min read
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