Excavations are currently underway to uncover structures in the 5,500-year-old ancient city of Troy, located within the borders of Tevfikiye village in the northwestern province of Çanakkale. Official excavations in Troy, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, began in 1871, and numerous
London’s National Gallery has just scored a monumental acquisition for its 200th anniversary, finally securing a work by the Dutch-born Victorian master Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The painting, After the Audience (1879), was brokered through Christie’s, with the museum paying £2 million to
Archaeological excavations at the Tavşanlı Mound in the Tavşanlı district of Kütahya province have uncovered a 3,700-year-old cylinder seal from a layer dating to the end of the Assyrian Trade Colonies period. This rare seal, which has excited the archaeological community, is
Dirimart readies to host İnci Eviner’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, Neural Crest of an Island, bringing together the artist’s recent moving image work of the same title and the installation titled Resound of the Studio, a revival of her studio at
A landmark artwork that received acclaim and an award at the Venice Biennale has been acquired by both England’s Tate museum network and South Brisbane’s Queensland Art Gallery. Archie Moore’s kith and kin (2024), an installation currently exhibited at the Golden Lion–winning
In a world where technology constantly pushes boundaries, the Epic of Gilgamesh—a tale that has endured for over 4,000 years—is receiving a cutting-edge revival. Scholars at the Institute for Assyriology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich have developed an artificial intelligence tool
Gena Rowlands, the award-winning U.S. actress best known for her roles in the films of her first husband, director John Cassavetes, passed away on August 15 at the age of 94. Rowlands died surrounded by family at her home in Indian Wells,
An agora (city square) has been discovered during excavations in the 2,700-year-old ancient city of Aigai, located in the western province of Manisa. Ongoing work to unearth the agora, situated next to the parliament building, has also revealed bull-head reliefs and inscriptions
A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta. Experts are now working to restore and classify the finds, according to an official from the country’s antiquities authority on Aug. 12. The
French actor Alain Delon has died at the age of 88, his three children announced on Sunday. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019 and rarely left his estate in Douchy, located in France’s Val de Loire
