Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire. The site is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of the city ...

Located in Cappadocia near the center of Turkey, Derinkuyu is an ancient marvel ... changing hands from the Phrygians to the Persians to the Christians of the Byzantine Era. It was finally ...

For much of its history, Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city ... neighborhoods influenced across epochs by Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Ottomans, Armenians and Sephardic ...

Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ... made their way back from the Black Sea after a victory over the Persians. “They decided to feast on local honey stolen from some nearby ...

The Persians continued to manufacture Croesids ... The hoard is being stored at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum in nearby Selcuk, Turkey, along with imported Athenian pottery that was recovered ...

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