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Stone Carvings May Be the World’s Oldest Calendar

According to recent research by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, the ancient pillars of Göbeklitepe, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in Turkey, may contain evidence of the world’s oldest lunisolar calendar. This discovery also implies that a devastating comet impact could have

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2,800-Year-Old Urartu Cistern

The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period, discovered within Harput Castle in Türkiye’s eastern Anatolia region, has been successfully completed. Located in Elazığ province, Harput Castle has been the focus of archaeological excavation and restoration projects since

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Palace Unearthed at Troy

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

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Alma-Tadema’s Work Joins National Gallery

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

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Assyrian Trade Colonies’ Seal

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

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İnci Eviner’s Exhibition at Dirimart

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

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Award-Winning Venice Biennale Installation at Tate

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

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A.I. Revives Ancient Babylonian Literature

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

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Actress Gena Rowlands Dies at Age 94

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,

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Agora of Aigai Ancient City

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

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