Miami Herald
By Moira Ritter
August 21, 2023
More than 2,000 years ago, the city of Kelenderis was a thriving port on the southern coast of Turkey. The city was founded during the rule of the Phoenicians, and it remained a thriving center for religion, culture and trade through the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s, according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Archaeological excavations and explorations of the city were initiated more than 30 years ago, but experts are still uncovering new artifacts. Most recently, a team of experts from Batman University unearthed an ancient sculpture of the Greek goddess Hecate, the university said in an Aug. 18 news release.