Perga was once a key center of sculpture and statue-making in Asia Minor. The city itself dates to the Hittite period, and was known then as Parha. The city’s Roman influence is strong ...

which traces its origins to the Hittite period around 1650-1200BC, was once a key centre for sculpture-making in the ancient world, renowned for its production of marble statues. Archaeologists ...

An ancient clay tablet found in central Turkey suggests that a little known rival ethnic group was closely involved in the establishment of the Hittite Empire more than 3,000 years ago ...

Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The most impressive discovery was a 6.5-foot-tall statue of Aphrodite ...