Bergama

The fourth Bergama Theater Festival will be held between Aug. 11 and 13, featuring national and international theater performances in the historical venues in the Bergama district of İzmir.

Berlin's official in charge of anti-discrimination efforts, Saraya Gomis, has suggested the return of the Pergamon Altar to Türkiye, which was smuggled to Prussia in the 1870s and is currently on display in Berlin.

The third Bergama Theater Festival is preparing to open the curtain between June 2 and 5 in İzmir with the organization of 3dots and BERaBER as a sustainable, sharing and transforming festival.

Skeletons examined by Turkish and German scientists in the ancient city of Bergama revealed that people living in the region 2,000 years ago mainly ate carbohydrates and plants, while the wealthy consumed more meat.

The studies also revealed that people of the region suffered dental problems and sinus diseases the most.

Private lodges built for the elite-class people to watch gladiator or wild animal fights shows have been unearthed in the 1800-year-old amphitheater in the ancient city of Bergama (Pergamon).

In the excavations carried out in and around the ancient city of Bergama, eight new religious sites and many figurines, which date back 2,200 years and are believed to have been used to worship the Anatolian goddess Cybele, have been unearthed.

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The results of a project on life in the ancient city of Pergamon (today's Bergama), which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, 1,800 years ago have been presented to the international archaeological community through the New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW).

The Aegean province of İzmir, Turkey's third largest by population, is seeking World Heritage status for four zones to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List: The Historical Port City, Birgi village, Gediz Delta and the Foça, Çandarlı and Çeşme castles.

The view of the ancient city of Bergama 2,300 years ago has been uploaded to a digital platform and made available on the internet.

The German Archeology Institute, which works in the ancient city of Bergama, a site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, mapped the 12.5-square-kilometer area on a digital platform.

The ancient city of Bergama has been re-opened for the visitors within the normalization phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AA Photo)