Explore Ancient Anatolia

Cave Paintings at Ankara , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Bulls, oxes, deer and people at Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara.

Phrygian Bronze Pots , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Golden bronze pots in the tomb of King Midas.

Spring at the Ancient Lycian City , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Scanned, 35 mm. color film and Canon FTb SLR camera. Kaleköy (literally "Castle's village" in Turkish; ancient Lycian: Simena), is a village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province of Turkey, located between Kaş and Kale, on the Mediterranean coast. Kaleköy faces the island of Kekova, and can be reached by sea or on foot from Üçağız.

Rock Carvings at Midas City , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . 6th century BC rock carvings at King Midas' City, ancient Phrygia, near Sakarya (Sangarius) River.

Ancient Anatolian Urartu Necklace , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia . Ancient Anatolian Urartu necklace with stone beads of 2500-2900 years ago, at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara.

Typical Lycian tomb at UNESCO World Heritage Site of Xanthos-Letoon, in Turkey. Photo scanned, 35 mm. color film and Canon FTb SLR camera. Xanthos was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, and of the river on which the city is situated. The Hittite and Luwian name of the city is given as Arinna like Lycian origin. Xanthos was a center of culture and commerce for the Lycians.

The oldest testimony of chariot warfare in the Ancient Near East is the Old Hittite Anitta text (18th century BC), mentioning 40 teams of horses at the siege of Salatiwara.