With Türkiye highlighting its Aeneas Route of archaeological sites along western Çanakkale province, Troy and its fine new museum are drawing ever more ancient world enthusiasts. ByJohn Oseid, Former ...
The landscape around Troy does not immediately suggest a single ancient city preserved in isolation. The ground rises gradually at Hisarlık, a mound shaped less by nature than by repeated human ...
Çanakkale province is packed with important Greek and Roman sites like Smintheion and Alexandria Troas. A new bridge across the Dardanelles strait makes them easy to reach from Istanbul. ByJohn Oseid, ...
The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Turkey’s most fascinating historic destinations. Christopher Nolan’s 2026 epic film The Odyssey isn’t just sending moviegoers back down the Greek ...
Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...
Although there are more spectacular ancient sites on Turkey’s Aegean coast, including the magnificent library at Ephesus and the temple of Trajan on the citadel overlooking the valley at Pergamon, the ...