Exploring Caravanserais and Transportation Options in Cappadocia
Caravanserais Historical Rest Stops
Caravanserais hold a significant place in Anatolian culture, serving as crucial resting points along important trade routes. These structures provided shelter,...
Exploring Cappadocia’s Underground Cities
A Journey into Ancient Civilization
Amidst the captivating landscapes of Cappadocia lies a hidden marvel that continues to astound travelers—the underground cities. These subterranean labyrinths,...
Exploring Hatay’s Rich Heritage
Rock Tombs A Testament to Ancient Burial Practices
Located in close proximity to the Titus Tunnel, the Rock Tombs sprawl across a vast area, serving...
Exploring Hatay’s Historical Sites
St. Simeon Monastery A Testament to Solitude
Constructed in the 6th century A.D., the St. Simeon Monastery stands atop a hill near Aknehir, along the...
Exploring Hatay’s Treasures
Daphne Harbiye A Tranquil Retreat
Situated in the Defne district of Hatay, Daphne Harbiye is renowned for its picturesque waterfalls, nestled just 10 km away...
Without alarms and overreactions
The landscape was not without alarms and overreactions, betraying the tension in the air. In a poem of praise for the emperor Majorian, whose...
Saxons and leads a small group
Around 469, we glimpse Odoacer again, this time just south of the Danube in modern Austria, the province then called Noricum. He has abandoned...
The good barbarian king Flaccitheus
The good barbarian king Flaccitheus, leader of the Rugi people across the Danube, maintained warm relations with the holy man until his daughter-in-law tried...
Drepanum and Dura
The interior arrangement was somewhat like those he had seen at Drepanum and Dura, consisting of a single large room with benches for the...
Nicomedia without Galerius
Constantine had not known Galerius was in the city until he saw the stocky figure of the Caesar of the East follow the much...
