2nd millennium BC

The exhibition, "Tutankhamun, the Boy King's Treasures," which has traveled the major cities of the world for more than 60 years and broken records with more than 40 million visitors, is in Istanbul for the first time.
On the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the treasure in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the exhibition opens today at UNIQ Expo Istanbul.

Egyptian authorities announced on Jan. 14 the discovery of an ancient tomb in Luxor dating back around 3,500 years that archaeologists believe holds the remains of an 18th dynasty royal.

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Egyptian authorities said on Jan. 10 they had detained three people for trying to steal a millennia-old 10-ton statue of the pharaoh Ramses II with a crane.

The battle was between Egyptian of Pharaoh Thutmose III and a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states

For decades, Egyptians have dreamed of bringing back some of the glories of their ancient civilization scattered across museums and private collections across the world.

A history teacher residing in the northwestern province of Balıkesir's Sındırgı district has earned appreciation for her efforts to replace frayed Turkish flags in the district with new ones.

A video showing Kevser Coşgun Ay replacing an old flag flying on the top of a shop in the middle of the night made her "citizen of the day."

The treasures unearthed prove the importance of the lost golden city of Tutankhamun, built 3,400 years ago

The researchers suggest that the swords were made in a palace workshop, perhaps at Mycenae

In excavations at Tatarlı Höyük, which served as an uninterrupted settlement in the southern province of Adana from the Neolithic Age to the Early Roman period, an area used for the storage of food in the Middle Iron Age has been unearthed.

In archaeological excavations in Panaztepe, located in the Menemen district of the western province of İzmir and is believed to have been a settlement from 3,000 B.C. to the Byzantine period, structures from the oldest period of the city have been unearthed.