The all-yellow taxis are parked bumper to fender next to the Sanliurfa Bus Terminal like the vertebrae of a giant snake. I walk to its head and greet the driver with the only two words of Turkish that I know. “Gobekli Tepe? It shouldn’t have been a question, but my uncertain pitch rises at the end, and it comes out that way. He nods, we both climb in, him in the front … [Read more...] about Gobekli Tepe – A Personal Journey
ancient artifacts
Areni-1 shoe
The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia.[1] It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers. The discovery was made by an … [Read more...] about Areni-1 shoe