Located in the Turkish province of Diyarbakir on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since the Hellenistic period, through the Roman,
The latest archeological excavations at the historical site of 9,000-year-old Amida Mound in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province have revealed new findings that shed light on the history of the region.