🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Olba — Temple of Zeus on Cliff Acropolis
Hellenistic (300 BCE) · Olba Teukrid
Olba acropolis cliff excavated by Keil & Wilhelm 1910s, linked to Diokaisareia valley 4 km via aqueduct.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Ani Cathedral — Surb Astvatsatsin Domed Basilica Ghost City
Bagratid Ani (989–1001 architect Trdat, later Seljuk mosque 1071, Georgian 1124) · Armenian Bagratid kingdom of Ani (capital 961) — Trdat architect of Hagia Sophia repair
Ani cathedral UNESCO tentative 1996 ghost city 5000 m walls and 50 churches of Bagratid capital Ani.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Horomos Monastery — Ani Ghost City Rival South Canyon
Bagratid (10th c. Horomos main church St John 1038; Ani near) · Armenian Bagratid Ani kingdom (King Abas 930, Gagik I 989 Ani rival)
Horomos Ani 930, excavated by Marr 1904, 1038 Zhamatun 400 m from Ani walls cross gorge.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)
Late Bronze Age (c.1320 BCE) Palatial cargo ship 15–16 m · Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t
Uluburun excavated by Bass & Pulak, 1300 BCE greatest bronze age cargo 10 t copper.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Tekor Basilica — Early 5th Century Triple Basilica Shirak
Early Christian (5th c. c.478–480 CE inscription Prince Sahak Kamsarakan) · Early Armenian (Kamsarakan princes, pre-Bagratid, Sassanian period Armenian Christianity)
Tekor excavated by Thierry 1970s, 5th-c Armenian inscription 478 authentic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Acıgöl Höyük
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) · Cappadocian Late Neolithic
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) tell of Cappadocian Late Neolithic in Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia (c.6500 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Koçboyu Höyük
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) · Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) tell of Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic in Elazığ Province, Keban Reservoir (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri) — Istanbul
Late Roman to Ottoman (4th–19th c. CE) · East Roman (Byzantine) Constantinople
Valens 971-m double-tier bridge head of 426-km Thracian late Roman water network 373 CE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Patnos / Aznavur Tepe
Urartian (810–730 BCE) · Urartian (Menua)
Urartian (810–730 BCE) fortress of Urartian (Menua) in Ağrı Province, Patnos Plain (c.800 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Northern Annex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Northern Annex in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Temple of Apollo Smintheus at Gülpınar (Chryse)
Classical to Hellenistic (Iliadic tradition to 150 BCE) · Aeolian Greek and later Pergamene sphere
Iliad's Mouse-Apollo temple 150 BCE Ionic pseudodipteral with Homeric friezes, Homeric cult.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ortaköy-Sapinuwa (Hittite Administrative Quarter)
Hittite Old Kingdom through Empire (1600–1180 BCE) · Hittite (Hatti)
Ortaköy-Sapinuwa (Hittite Administrative Quarter) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Ortaköy District, Çekerek valley, Turkey — Hittite administrative and military-ritual city…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Assos Buried Andron House Terrace
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Assos Buried Andron House Terrace in Çanakkale, Assos, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Amyzon Temple of Artemis — Mazınkale Acropolis
Hellenistic · Carian, Chrysaoric League
450-m Mazınkale Artemis mountain sanctuary with 200+ votives and Chrysaoric League epigraphy wall, 3rd BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Acemhöyük (Purushanda?)
Early Bronze III to Iron Age (c.2600–600 BCE; peak OA period) · Assyrian Colony/Old Hittite/Middle Bronze Anatolian
Massive Old Assyrian palace mound at Yeşilova with twin burnt palaces, bulla archives and Purushanda identification.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Sumatar Harabesi (Soğmatar)
Roman–Syriac (1st–5th century CE) with Bronze/Iron Age antecedents · Harranian Sabian / Edessan Aramaean → Roman / Byzantine
Tektek hilltop Sin-cult oasis with seven baetyl sanctuaries and Syriac rock inscriptions.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Melid
Chalcolithic–Iron Age (4200–700 BCE), Melid proper c.1100–700 BCE · Late Chalcolithic palace → Neo-Hittite Luwian kingdom of Kammanu/Melid
Neo-Hittite Melid capital (Iron Age successor to Arslantepe palace, UNESCO 1622) on Malatya plain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Barcın Höyük
Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (Fikirtepe) · Marmara Neolithic (Fikirtepe)
Marmara type-site (c.6600–6000 BCE, Fikirtepe) bridging Anatolia and Balkan Neolithisation south of Lake İznik.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Upper Tigris PPN
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper at Siirt, Upper Tigris, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Upper Tigris PPN tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Harbet Suvar PPN Village Tek Tek
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler PPN
Harbet Suvar PPN Village Tek Tek at Şanlıurfa, Harbet Suvar, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Taş Tepeler PPN tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Can Hasan Neolithic Mounds
Chalcolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Can Hasan Neolithic Mounds at Karaman, Can Hasan, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Kuruçay Höyük
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic to Early Bronze · Hacilar-Kuruçay-Beycesultan sequence
Neolithic to Early Bronze lakeside tell with 13 levels (c.6200–3800 BCE, + EBA), bridging Hacilar (Level 6 early pottery) to Chalcolithic fortified town.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop
Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop at Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey is a Palaeolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for obsidian workshop gollu dag trade.