Pergamon Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes The city of Pergamon, protected by Zeus, the father of the gods, and protected by the goddess Athena, who represents reason and intelligence; The Pergamon Acropolis...
February 5, 2022
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Menorahs in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Menorah has many symbolic meanings. Its first meaning is to symbolize the “Perpetual Light”. After God created heaven and earth, he first said “Yehi ‘Or –...
December 22, 2021
Mount Ararat
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Mount Ararat is a mountain with an altitude of 5,137 meters located in the Eastern Anatolia Region, also known for its volcanic features. Turkey’s Mount Ararat...
January 12, 2021
Septimius Severus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Emperor Septimius Severus was born in Leptis Magna. Leptis Magna was once part of the Carthaginian Empire and then became a city of Roman Libya. Septimius...
November 14, 2020
Emperor Trajan
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Emperor Trajan ruled the Roman Empire from the year 98 to 117. Trajan was born in Italica which is modern Spain’s Santiponce town. He became the...
November 7, 2020
Roman Province of Armenia
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Roman Province of Armenia occupied some parts of today’s Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey. Armenia province, located next to Parthian Empire and the Sasanian Empire,...
October 7, 2020
The Roman Province of Syria
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Pompey occupied and annexed areas of today’s Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. This resulted in the creation of the Roman province of Syria in the year 64...
October 7, 2020
Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes My lovely country, Turkey, had numerous names throughout history. Every civilization lived here such as Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Goths, Byzantines and Turks had their ways...
October 7, 2020
