Murat Aslan

06/14/2026

The Temple of Pythia was founded no later than the 8th century BCE (although some estimates suggest it dates back as far as 1400 BCE) and was widely known for the prophecies spoken by Pythia under the divine influence (enthusios) of Apollo.

The Pythian priestess rose to prominence in the late 7th century BCE and continued to be consulted until the late 4th century CE. During this period, the Oracle of Delphi was the most prestigious and authoritative oracle center among the Greeks, and she was one of the most powerful women in the classical world.

The oracle center is one of the best-documented religious institutions of classical Greece. Authors who mention the oracle include Aeschylus, Aristotle, Clement of Alexandria, Diodorus, Diogenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Julian, Justin, Livy, Lucan, Nepos, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, Sophocles, Strabo, Thucydides, and Xenophon.

06/13/2026

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican; is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. It was initially planned in the 15th century by Pope Nicholas V and then Pope Julius II to replace the ageing Old St. Peter's Basilica, which was built in the fourth century by Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

Trajan's Column; is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, north of the Roman Forum. Completed and dedicated on 12 May 113 AD, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which depicts the wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.

05/25/2026

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, named it the Shrine of Democracy, and oversaw the ex*****on from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.

The sculpture features 60-foot-tall (18 m) depictions of the heads of four United States presidents:

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln,

respectively chosen to represent the nation's foundation, expansion, development, and preservation.

Mount Rushmore attracts more than two million visitors annually to the memorial park which covers 1,278 acres (2.00 sq mi; 517 hectares). The mountain's elevation is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.

02/21/2026

The Nuragik Santa Cristina sanctuary is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Paulilatino, in the province of Oristano, in the central-western part of Sardinia and in the southern part of the Abbasanta plateau. The site takes its name from the nearby village church of Santa Cristina.

The site consists essentially of two parts: the first, the best known and studied part, consists of the temple of the well, a sacred well of the Nuragic age, and the structures connected to it: a meeting hut, a perimeter and other small huts. The second part of the complex, about two hundred meters to the southwest, consists of a nuraghe with a single tower, some long stone huts of uncertain dates and a Nuragic village, not yet excavated, of which only a few elements are visible.

Although of limited archaeological importance, the complex is completed by the church of Santa Cristina, intended as the place where the nine days of prayer in honor of the saint were celebrated, and the Christian worship space of the nine days of prayer area.

11/14/2025

The city was famous in its day for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), which has been designated one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its many monumental buildings included the Library of Celsus and a theatre capable of holding 24,000 spectators.

Ephesus was a recipient city of one of the Pauline epistles and one of the seven churches of Asia addressed in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written there, and it was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils (Council of Ephesus). The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263. Although it was afterwards rebuilt, its importance as a port and commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. In 614, it was partially destroyed by an earthquake.

Today, the ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, being accessible from Adnan Menderes Airport and from the resort town Kuşadası. In 2015, the ruins were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

11/11/2025

Chichén Itzá was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800–900) and into the early portion of the Postclassic period (c. AD 900–1200).

The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion.

11/05/2025

Sumer (/ˈsuːmər/) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. Like nearby Elam, it is one of the cradles of civilization, along with Egypt, the Indus Valley, the Erligang culture of the Yellow River valley, Caral-Supe, the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture of the Carpathian Mountains, and Mesoamerica. Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Sumerian farmers grew an abundance of grain and other crops, a surplus which enabled them to form urban settlements. The world's earliest known texts come from the Sumerian cities of Uruk and Jemdet Nasr, and date to between c. 3350 – c. 2500 BC, following a period of proto-writing c. 4000 – c. 2500 BC.

09/02/2025

The Hopi Rock Art Petroglyphs on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona offer a glimpse into the ancient traditions of the Hopi people. These intricate carvings, etched into rock surfaces, depict a range of symbols, animals, and human figures, representing spiritual beliefs, daily life, and historical events.