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The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama returns this summer with impressive, contemporary renditions of long-standing tales. Once again, top-tier theatre companies have been chosen to ...
Turkey's minister of culture and tourism announced the discovery of a new tomb in an eighth-century-B.C. city that was the ...
Built in about AD 140 in what was then the country's third-largest town, the theatre is thought to be the only example of its kind in Britain, having a stage rather than being an amphitheatre. Sited ...
While most Roman amphitheaters have long since succumbed to the ravages of time, several remain or have been refurbished to a ...
Trump ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen to sign pardons and other ...
Hoping to sell an ancient Roman mosaic on the black market, a group of would-be thieves in Zile, Turkey livestreamed their illegal excavation ... Murat Tekin, the head of the excavation team at Zile ...
Here’s a tip: Do not livestream your illegal excavation of Roman ruins near a Turkish castle. Turkey’s authorities ... and included a theater currently undergoing (legal) excavation.
Far from the tourist hotspots dotted along Turkey’s southern coast ... The show's star is undoubtedly the Roman theatre, which dates back to the second century AD and remains one of the most ...
After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and ...
and a Roman theatre. Near the southern gate stands the Pillar House, thought by some archaeologists to be the palace of King Priam, the ruler of Troy during its fabled conflict. The site is well ...
In the Roman period ... 2,000-mile hike through modern-day Turkey, recreating Alexander’s progress from the ancient city of Troy to the location of the Battle of Issus in modern-day Anatolia ...
The dedicated team is focusing on approximately 570 meters of a street that intersects with the ancient city's theater and Stadium ... dates back to the reign of Roman Emperor Domitian.