Aspendos excavations reveal 2,000-year-old theatre street and artifacts
Excavations at Türkiye’s ancient city of Aspendos have uncovered a 300-meter section of its nearly 2,000-year-old Theatre Street, along with statues, mosaics and trade-related artifacts, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said. The finds offer new insight into Aspendos’ cultural richness and its role in ancient Eastern Mediterranean trade.
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- Published Date: 03:13 PM 28 July 2026
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that excavations at the ancient city of Aspendos have uncovered a 300-meter section of the nearly 2,000-year-old Theatre Street. The excavations also brought to light monumental structures, statues, mosaics and artifacts shedding light on the city's commercial history.
In his statement, Ersoy said: "Visitors will now be able to follow the traces of this thousands-of-years-old city step by step along this historic route stretching from the ancient theater to the acropolis."
He emphasized that the shops, a bakery, the monumental eastern gate, statues of Hermes, Artemis, Aphrodite, Eros and Nemesis, as well as the Young Eurymedon Mosaic, uncovered along the street open a new window onto Aspendos' rich history.
Ersoy also noted that a Phoenician coin and glass artifacts found during the excavations reveal Aspendos' important place in the powerful trade networks of the Eastern Mediterranean.