Ancient Anatolia

Excavations at the Tayinat Mound in the southern Turkish province of Hatay have uncovered an ancient sculpture of a woman, around the same size as the statue of King Suppiluliuma previously discovered at the site.

The sculpture, which is made up of a head and body, is thought to date back to the late Hittite period in the 9th century B.C. 

This year's archaeological excavations carried out in the ancient city of Daskyleion in the northwestern province of Balıkesir's Bandırma district have unearthed two kitchens with utensils such as pots, pans, fish bone, seed and mortar made of basalt stone. 

The motifs used in the Urartian civilization can now be seen in jewelry painstakingly produced in Van, the former center of the civilization Long-forgotten motifs and figures from the Urartian civilization, which was centered on the eastern province of Van more than 2,000 years ago, are now being used in silver jewelry using a number of ancient techniques.

The crocus flower is the flower of joy. It is the first flower to emerge in spring, bringing cheerfulness as a sign of spring. I've long been suggesting that it must be the flower for Women's Day, but of course that is not possible commercially. My reason for associating crocus with women is all about Hittites.

As part of the 50th anniversary of the Middle East Technical University (METU) Alumni Association, a workshop titled "Hititology in the 100th Year of the Hittite Language" will be held on Dec. 20 at the university's Vi?nelik campus between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

The northwestern province of Bursa is playing host to the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA) summit as the first and sole association member from Turkey. Representatives and tourism players from 36 cities in 13 countries traveled to Bursa for the three-day summit, which began on Oct. 19. 

A team of 40 scientists from various universities are set to conduct research to unearth the 5,000-year history of Van Fortress in southeast Turkey Excavations around the ancient fortress in the southeastern city of Van, led by the head of Istanbul University's Van Regional History and Archeology Research Center, Professor Erkan Konyar, have recently started to look into the site's 5,000

Amid excavations at four different ancient sites in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat, a cuneiform tablet has been unearthed in the U?akl? Mound at the Büyük Ta?l?k village.

Two 2,800-year-old Urartian-era stelas found in the Patnos Brigade Command campus in the eastern province of Van have been transported to the Van Museum. 

A research assistant at the Department of Archaeology in the Faculty of Letters at ?zmir's Aegean University has conducted studies on the reproduction of ancient Urartian red polished pottery, a kind of Urartian ceramic that looked like metallic potteries and were distinctive in color, surface treatment and firing.