Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop is an open-air museum and archaeological site in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The site was a quarry in Hittite times ...

Yesemek is the largest known sculpture workshop in the ancient Near East. Near the top of the hill, one can find the remnants of the quarry where the rocks were ...

Yesemek is a unique experience. It's the only open air historical site as a quarry and sculpture atelier in the world. According to the scientific excavations, ...

The “Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop” are located 23 km Southeast of the Islahiye district on the West hills of Karatepe (Aslanlıtepe) in the Yesemek ...

Yesemek is an ancient quarry and workshop from the Hittite empire, huge blocks of stone were carved out of the bedrock here and sculpted into exceptional ...

Mar 15, 2017 · Yesemek is situated on a hillside, now known as Aslanlıtepe i.e. the Lions Hill. Near the summit, there are the remains of quarries, where ...

Yesemek was the largest stone quarry and statue-processing worksite of Near East between the fourth quarter of the 2nd thousand B.C. and 8th century B.C. Its on ...

Dec 8, 2021 · Archaeologists discovered 15 new sculptures during recent digs around the Yesemek Open Air Museum and Sculpture Workshop in the Islahiye ...

Yesemek: Hittite Quarry and Sculpture Workshop. Prof. Dr. Atilla Engin. Yesemek, located within the borders of Yesemek Mahallesi (former Yesemek Village) ...