The Anatolian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage project, funded by the EU and with the partnership of WEGlobal, Gaziantep Greater City Council and he Culture and Tourism Ministry, held a conference to mark the formation of the institute of the same name. The institute is designed to bring together the works of the Turkish archaological schools…
The Byzantine monasteries above Demre have always been something of a mystery. How did so many monasteries of such quality construction manage to exist in such a small area? Who funded and endowed them? Where did the monks come from? The question is to some extent answered in the hagiography of St Nicholas of Sion,…
A volunteer group worked for 6 weeks in September and October, and waymarked about 150km of trails – most of the St Nicholas network of routes, plus parts of the Lycian Way near Demre. The St Nicholas network was set up in 2014, but was not well-publicised and maintained, so has had very few users….