Showing posts with label Archaeological Photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeological Photos. Show all posts

07 October 2010

Cave of Seven Sleepers in Ephessos

Cave of the Seven Sleepers. 

Image taken from Wikipedia, licensed under GNU.

Ashab-i Kehf drawing

Drawing of Ashab-ı Kehf Cave in ancient Ephessus, Turkey.

13 April 2010

Neanderthals setting fire

Neanderthals sitting around a fireplace making stone tools. Artist's view of life 60000 years ago.

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31 January 2010

Photos: Gobekli Tepe archaeological excavations

A model of excavations conducted at Göbekli Tepe. Photo taken at "12.000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu’dan Avrupa’ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı: Neolitik Dönem" Exhibit
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Neolithic female figurine


A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).

©Photo: Berkay Dincer

Photo: A Neolithic house from Catal Hoyuk

A house with plastered bull skulls from Catal hoyuk. Photo taken in
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Catal hoyuk mother goddess




A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Also known as mothergoddess. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).
©Photo: Berkay Dincer

23 January 2010

Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave

Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave (Antalya-Turkey).

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Homo erectus skull from Turkey

Homo erectus skull from Denizli-Turkey.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Paleolithic of Euphrates River

Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone tools from Euphrates River.
Bifaces, levallois cores and flakes/blades.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Denticulates and notched tools from Yarimburgaz Cave

Stone tools from Yarımburgaz Cave (Istanbul). Notches and denticulates.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Yarimburgaz Caves

Yarımburgaz Caves (lower and upper cave) near Istanbul, Turkey.

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Yarimburgaz Cave, Paleolithic excavations

Yarımburgaz Cave (Istanbul). Paleolithic excavations in the lower cave.

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

21 January 2010

Photo: Kaletepe obsidian workshop


Kaletepe: An excavated obsidian workshop in Central Anatolia.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Kayırlı obsidian source

Kayırlı: One of the most important obsidian sources in Central
Anatolia.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Obsidian in rhyolithic rock

Obsidian in rhyolithic rock.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer