Van was once the center of the Kingdom of Urartu; it was known as Tushpa. It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van in eastern Turkey. It became the center of an Armenian kingdom founded by Tigranes the Great in the first century B.C. There […]
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Gordium, the capital of what may have been Meshech, is an archeological site just west of Polatli and near the Sakarya River. Among the ruins Is a Phrygian palace in which may be seen the earliest known geometrical patterns in mosaic. A great tumulus there may be […]
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Between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates River was the district of Commagene, the farthest northeastern part of ancient Syria. The Assyrian general, Sargon II (or Sarru-Kinu), who waged a number of wars from 722 to 705 B.C., was one of its early kings. Commagene was about […]
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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.
