The 2024 excavation season at Amida Mound in Diyarbakır, Türkiye, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, has concluded, revealing artifacts spanning 10,000 years of continuous settlement. Excavations led by Prof. Dr. İrfan Yıldız uncovered items from the Neolithic to Republican periods, including Ottoman-era coins and a Late Uruk seal.
This year’s work focused on the Artuklu Palace and the King’s Road, with 30 additional meters of the road unearthed. A notable find was a 1926 coin minted shortly after the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye, featuring inscriptions in Ottoman Turkish.
Artifacts will be exhibited at the Diyarbakır Archaeology Museum, further showcasing the region’s rich history, which includes civilizations such as the Seljuks, Artuqids, Ayyubids, and Ottomans.