🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Bakla Tepe
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Bakla Tepe — buried eba tell/village at İzmir Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Sunken City off Bal Esker
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Bal Esker in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Labranda Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
Hecatomnid Classical 380–330 BCE · Carian (Hecatomnid satrapal) Greek-Anatolian hybrid
Carian mountain Zeus sanctuary of Mausolus with double-axe cult and 14 km sacred road.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kumtepe
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Kumtepe — buried eba tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Dolmen de Howe Ras
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Dolmen de Howe Ras in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Knidos Apollo Temple — Datça Peninsula Karne Island Sanctuary
Archaic Dorian to Hellenistic (600 BCE – 100 BCE) · Dorian Knidians with Triopian league
Apollo Karneios doric 6×11 on double-harbour terrace of Triopian Dorian expansion city.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Horoztepe — Tokat Buried Elite Cemetery
EBA II–III (2600–2000 BCE) · North-Central Anatolian EBA (Alaca-Horoztepe horizon)
EBA elite shaft-cemetery 2500 BCE — gold diadems & stag stands (Özgüç).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Girnavaz
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Hurrian → Mittanian → Neo-Assyrian
Nusaybin palatial tell 13 m high (Mitanni–Assyrian palace, Nuzi ware, tablets) on Tigris watershed.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kavuşan Höyük (Batman Province, Beşiri–Ilısu zone, Upper Tigris)
Halaf-Ubaid to Late Bronze (5.5k–1200 BCE) · Ubaid → Khabur → Mitanni → Middle Assyrian
Beşiri Tigris tell (Ubaid through Late Bronze) with 12 m sequence — Mitanni kilns and Khabur ware, Ilısu Garzan buffer salvage.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Panaztepe Harbor Town
EBA to Iron Age (3000–800 BCE; peak LBA 1600–1200 BCE) · Western Anatolian → Mycenaean contact → Luwian/Ahhiyawa
Mycenaean-contact harbour citadel 1400 BCE — tholos tomb with Amber Road evidence.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City
Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) · Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?)
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City in Yozgat Province, Turkey is a Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) ancient-city attributed to Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Quarry
Edge Ben Quarry
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Edge Ben Quarry in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Pyramid of Grotto
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Pyramid of Grotto in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Earthwork Enclosure Buried 84 — Turkey Region 12
Period Classical · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Earthwork Enclosure Buried 84 — Turkey Region 12 in Turkey Region 12, Turkey is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sapinuwa
Hittite Empire (c.1600–1200 BCE; peak Sapinuwa 1500–1200 BCE as second capital) · Hittite (Old → Empire)
Sapinuwa (Ortaköy, Çorum) is the Hittite Empire's second capital and military–religious administration — Building A with 3000+ Hittite cuneiform tablets (larges...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Alişar Höyük Lower Terrace
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4000 BCE–1200 CE; peak EBA–Phrygian) · EBA → Hittite → Phrygian → Lydian → Byzantine
Central Anatolian plateau capital lower town — Hittite karum to Phrygian burn.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Barrow Rock Shelter
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Barrow Rock Shelter in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Lycia Coast (Kaş)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South — Lycia Coast (Kaş)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sultantepe Höyük
Halaf → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian (615 BCE lib) → Hellenistic → Islamic · Halaf → Mitanni Hurrian → Middle & Neo-Assyrian → Islamic
Neo-Assyrian library tell — 400 tablets of Gilgamesh (615 BCE Huzirina).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
Period Classical · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town
Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) · Lycian / Roman provincial
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) submerged-city attributed to Lycian / Roman provincial.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 57 — Turkey Region 9
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 57 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) · Seleucid / Olba priest-kings
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Seleucid / Olba priest-kings.