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Expert insights on Turkey's ancient sites, cultural heritage, and small-group archaeological tours.
blog Taş Tepeler Tour — How to Visit Turkey's 12,000-Year-Old Stone Hills Sites
A practical guide to touring the Taş Tepeler archaeological sites in southeastern Turkey. Itinerary options, what to expect at each site, best time to visit, and how our small-group tours bring these 12,000-year-old Neolithic wonders to life.
gobekli tepe Was Göbekli Tepe a Temple? What the Settlement Evidence Changes
Göbekli Tepe's monumental buildings remain extraordinary, but evidence of domestic activity changes the old temple-versus-settlement story. Here is how to read that evidence on a visit.
blog Karahan Tepe Male Statue — The 2023 Neolithic Discovery
Announced in September 2023, Karahan Tepe's 2.3-metre seated male statue adds to the evidence for Neolithic human sculpture. Here is what the official discovery report confirms, and what remains uncertain.
blog Tour to Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
Visit both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe — the two most important Neolithic archaeological sites in the world — on a guided tour with Fazli Karabacak.
blog Gobekli Tepe History and Facts
I first stood at Göbekli Tepe when there was no visitor centre, no canopy, and Klaus Schmidt was still pulling pillars from the earth. What I saw there — and what I keep seeing, twenty years later — changed how I understand everything that came after.
blog Balatlar Church in Sinop — The Stone Chest and the Cross
In 2009, archaeologists at Balatlar Church in Sinop found a stone chest bearing a cross — a find that links this Black Sea port to the early tradition of Christian relics.
blog Things to Do in Istanbul — A Practical 3-Day Guide
Istanbul rewards structure. A focused three-day plan built around districts — not a scattered list of attractions — is the most effective way to read this city on a first visit.
blog Treasures of Ancient Turkey Tour — A Journey Through History
Rex and Jenny Nicoll share their experience on the 14-day Treasures of Ancient Turkey tour — from Gallipoli and Ephesus to Göbekli Tepe, Cappadocia, and Mount Nemrut.
blog Cappadocia — Landscape, History, and the Rock-Cut Churches
Cappadocia's volcanic landscape, carved over thirty million years and inhabited for millennia, holds some of Anatolia's most concentrated archaeological and artistic heritage. This guide covers the region's history, geology, and major valleys.