Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’

Tayinat Excavation in Turkey Sheds Light on LB-Iron “Dark Age”

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

As reported in Science Daily, the University of Toronto led excavation of Tayinat in Turkey has uncovered a 10th/9th century BCE temple. It evidences cultural and political continuity going from the Late Bronze age to the Iron age, which undercuts the otherwise concensus view that this period was one of cultural collapse and chaos in the eastern Mediterranean region.

Excavation of the Tayinat temple

Excavation of the Tayinat temple

Database of archaeological sites in Turkey

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Turkey, Anatolia, Asia Minor — this is the location of many sites of significance to biblical and ancient middle eastern history, including the Hittites and many early Christian churches. This Turkish Daily News newspaper article describes the effort and this is a link to the archaeological database itself, which includes an English language option.