Photo: New Scientist

September 2022 – 9 Days

Discover the dawn of civilisation where our Neolithic and Bronze age ancestors changed from hunter gatherers to organised societies with agriculture, ritual and an understanding of the wider world. Visiting multiple excavations, UNESCO World Heritage sites, museums and cities across the several different regions of Turkey.  Accompanying expert and New Scientist writer Michael Marshall will help you explore important archaeological sites including Göbekli Tepe, Çatalhöyük, Aşıklı Höyük, Hattusa and Mount Nemrut. Along with the museums that curate the extensive collections found at these sites. Plus the east meets west culture clash of Istanbul and it’s impressive biblical-scale architecture, the Turkish capital Ankara, the geologically stunning Cappadocia with its underground city of Kaymakli.

In partnership with Intrepid Travel…

Source: Neolithic and Bronze dawn of civilisation: Turkey | New Scientist

A new project has been made for the promotion of the only ancient city on the UNESCO World Heritage and the World Memory lists, the Hittite capital Hattusha. If accepted by UNESCO, the project will also contribute to the people of the region to get income from tourism.

Source: Project to contribute to people in Hattusha region

Source: World heritage in Turkey: Hattusa, the Hittite home of Anatolia’s first settlements and a strange green rock

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A re-investigation of the enigmatic monumental rock-cut sanctuary suggests a new interpretation of the ancient site.

Source: The Hidden Celestial Sanctuary of the Hittites

How to visit the UNESCO sites of Hattusa independently using public transport, including how to get between Sungurlu and Bogazkale, where to stay and eat.

Source: A Guide to Visiting the UNESCO site of Hattusa in Turkey

Hattusha archeological site in central Black Sea province of Corum was capital of Hittite Empire…

Source: Turkey: Ancient city unearths Middle to Bronze ages