İznik, historically known as Nicea , is a town and an administrative district in the Province of Bursa, Turkey. The town lies in a fertile basin at the eastern end of Lake İznik, bounded by ranges of hills to the north and south. As the crow flies […]
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Hattusa Boğazkale, Yazılı Kaya, and Alaca Höyük are archeological sites east of Ankara and north of Yozgat. Boğazkale, the double walled city above the present village of Boğazköy, was known as Hattusas and was the capital of the Hittite Old Kingdom around 1700 B.C. The Hittites were […]
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The present capital of Turkey, Ankara, was founded by Phrygians in the eighth century B.C. Among the interesting places to see there is what is left of the Temple of Augustus. This was reconstructed from an earlier temple as thanks to Augustus tor the city’s semi-independence. On […]
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Carchemish lies a few kilometers south of Birecik on the Euphrates River. Near the village of Barak on the west bank of the river can be found the few ruins of what was once the capital of one of the most powerful of the Hittite kingdoms. The […]
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Paul and Barnabas went from Lystra to Derbe after Paul the Apostle had recovered from being stoned. An altar stoııe has been found in Kerti Höyük with an inscription that has the names of Derbe and Bishop Michael carved on it. Without other evidence of the city it […]
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Adramyttium was founded in the fourth century B.C. by Lydian kings as one of their points of defense. Behind the town rise the slopes of Kaz Dağı, the Mt. Ida, “many-fountained Ida” of Tennyson’s “Oenone” where Paris gave up his pastoral life for a romance with Helen. […]
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It is appropriate to begin the description of the biblical sites of the New Testament with Antioch, the most southern of those in Turkey, because this is where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians. After the stoning of Stephen for blasphemy in Jerusalem in about […]
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Assos also known as Behramkale, is a small historically rich town in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale Province, Turkey. After leaving the Platonic Academy in Athens, Aristotle (joined by Xenocrates) went to Assos, where he was welcomed by King Hermias, and opened an Academy in this […]
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Colossae has very few archeological remains uncovered and the place is not often visited. About forty-five years ago one of the authors and Miss Olive Greene tried to find the site with the aid of the only guidebook to the area in existence then, A Handbook for […]
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Harran, a place of wisdom where time stands still… The subsoil of this desert-yellow earth is even richer than what is on the surface in this ancient city, for splendor at Harran goes back centuries. But vestiges of the past, hints of grandeur whispered by the stone, […]
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The big tip is to try and go completely private. Many of the large tour companies offer private tour and they are going to charge a significant amount of money for the tour guide. However, many locations offer self-guided tours and therefore you have the ability to supply your own tour guide. Easily Book your guided private Ephesus tours, to see all the treasures of Ephesus Turkey. It's often said that Turkey has more ancient cities and classical ruins than does Greece. Well, it's true, and the Aegean coast holds a great number of sites, including Ephesus, the grandest and best-preserved of them all.
