Age-old treasures around the world you’re highly unlikely to ever see in person, whether they're out of bounds due to their ...

Regardless of the precise reasons, the Lycian rock tombs near Fethiye ... millennium BCE until their assimilation into the Roman Empire. Their history and culture are fascinating and somewhat ...

This long coastal walking trail includes historical sites dating back to the Lycian Empire. Antalya is one of our favorite places to stay in Turkey. It has some of the best restaurants, bars, and ...

Similarly styled basilicas can be found from Egypt to the Middle East as part of the Eastern Roman Empire, in addition to the Lycian coast, southwest Turkey, the Upper Adriatic and Durrës ...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (located in Turkey), built around 351 BC for Mausolus, a Persian Empire leader, was a unique ...

The Lycian’s believed that by building tombs on cliffs ... and to commemorate victories over the Sultan’s enemies. The Ottoman Empire palace was converted into a museum in 1924 and is a marvel to ...

He was a devoted Greek bishop who lived in the 4th century in the Lycian town of Myra in Asia Minor ... When Christianity was established as the formal state religion of the Roman Empire, churches ...

While democracies everywhere might be facing turbulent times, another Lycian legacy remains steadfastly present in the Mediterranean region they used to call home. And this one is focused almost ...