Distinctive Symbols on Ottoman Tombstones
Exploring the Meaning Behind Engravings
Symbolic Trees Life and Immortality
The foot sahides of Ottoman tombstones often feature engravings of trees. Prominent among these are roses,...
Ottoman Tombstone Symbols
Turkish Graveyard Traditions through the Ages
Evolution of Tombstone Art
The tradition of planting gravestones in Turkish graveyards dates back to ancient times. Initially serving the...
Preserving Troy’s Heritage
“Dus ve Gercek Troia”
Exhibition Overview
“Dus ve Gergek Troia” unfolds across 486 pages, presenting a monumental collection of Troy artifacts sourced from various museums in...
Castle Guardianship
There isn’t even any tavern, and places serving zythum don’t exist either. The inhabitants engage in fishing, castle guardianship, and boat rowing. The hills...
A Unique Planet Bahcesaray
Bahcesaray, formerly known as Mukus, is undeniably one of the most intriguing places in our country. Despite having a stable population of around 6...
Constantinople with the traditional insignia
Odoacer went on to behave in as natural and Roman a way as one could expect. He sent ambassadors to Constantinople with the traditional...
Severinus’s death left the community at the mercy of brutes
Severinus’s death left the community at the mercy of brutes. A bad barbarian (a son of the good king we just heard of) sacked...
Rebaptize catholic Christians
His world was full of good barbarians and bad barbarians. Roman forces—or, to be more precise, the forces that Rome paid—were fading away, leaving...
Zoe and Theodora part 98
147. These two friends were John Xiphilinus, a native of Trebizond, who had been appointed Professor of Law (Nomophylax) in the University of Constantinople...
