Yatağan, Muğla
'City of Gladiators' awaits visitors with new artifacts
A total of 378 new historical artifacts have been unearthed since the beginning of this year in the Stratonikeia ancient city located in Turkey's Aegean Muğla province. (Source: AA)
1,600-year-old mosaics revealed in ancient Stratonikeia
Archeologists have unearthed 1,600-year-old mosaics during excavations in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Aegean Muğla province's Yatağan district. (DHA Photo)
Gate of the city of gladiators revived
The northern city gate, connecting the ancient cities of Stratonikeia and Lagina in the western province of Muğla's Yatağan district's Eskihisar village, has regained its former glory.
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Lagina Hecate Sanctuary dazes visitors
Located in the Yatağan district of western Muğla province, the 3,000-year-old Lagina Hecate Sanctuary is considered as the center of Pagan belief and was a religious center of Stratonikeia Ancient City. (Photos: Alamy)
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Ancient city of Stratonikeia in Turkey's Muğla
Stratonikeia, located in Muğla's Yatağan district, was home to many civilizations throughout its history and is on the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List as one of the largest marble cities in the world. Excavations have been continuing there since 1977. (AA Photo)
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2,050-year-old columns rise again in sanctuary
Unearthed columns in the 3,000-year-old Lagina Hecate Sanctuary, once a center of paganism in southwestern Turkey, have been restored and have risen again.
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Mythological masks unearthed in ancient theater of Strakonikeia
Archaeological excavations carried out in the 3,000-year-old ancient city of Strakonikeia, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List, have revealed 10 more masks adorning the stone blocks that are believed to date back 2,200 years.
Ancient Stratonikeia to have stone hospital
A new building is under construction for destroyed stones that have been unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Stratonikeia. The new building will serve as a "stone hospital," which was previously a tent.
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Mosaics protected by roof in ancient city
A roof has been constructed to protect the 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era mosaics in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the western province of Muğla's Yatağan district while the work is underway to make a glass terrace.
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Bodrum hospital features historical remains, mosaics
Visitors marvel at centuries-old mosaics featured under the garden of a hospital in the southwestern province of Muğla.