The U.S. State Department's current advisory level for every country, including Turkey, Greece and Egypt. Worth a look before you book, and again before you fly.
STEP is a free U.S. State Department program. Enroll your trip and you'll get safety updates, and the nearest U.S. embassy can reach you in an emergency.
The CDC's travel site lists recommended vaccines, health alerts, and precautions for each country. Check it a few weeks before you go.
A handy checklist to get your luggage ready, on desktop or phone, so you can tick things off as you pack.
Fast, accurate translation for signs, menus and quick conversations. It works on desktop and phone.
Nomad eSIM gives you a data plan you can turn on from your phone, with no physical SIM card. Maps and messages work without hunting for Wi-Fi.
Colossae is an ancient city in the Lycus Valley of western Turkey, near the modern town of Honaz and the ancient cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis. Together, the three cities form a distinct cluster of early Christian communities that appear repeatedly in Paul’s letters...
Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Colossae, located in Türkiye’s Aegean region, have uncovered 60 tombs dating back approximately 2,200 years...
Researchers with a Sivas Cumhuriyet University-led project have completed on-site studies at a ship-shaped geological formation in Ağrı’s Doğubayazıt district that some believe could be the remains of Noah’s Ark...
A team of researchers from Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey is investigating a long-standing claim: that a boat-shaped geological formation in the country's east contains the remains of Noah's Ark...
In the ancient city of Laodicea, located in Denizli in southwestern Türkiye and included in UNESCO’s Tentative World Heritage List, a 2,050-year-old council building was uncovered during this year’s excavations...
From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent...
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Ephesus in Türkiye’s Aegean region have uncovered a Roman-era marble bathtub and a fragmented male statue that had been reused as a paving stone, officials said...
A striking, large-scale marble lion, with its detailed mane and head turned in a noble pose, has emerged from the earth at Philippi, Greece...
Near one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza - Egypt has officially opened what it intends as a cultural highlight of the modern age...
We set off along the trail through the Yazili Canyon on a warm October morning, ascending through the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, north of the Turkish coastal city of Antalya...
Not long ago, I didn’t know that the Seven Churches of Revelation were all located in modern-day Turkey. Then a coworker and I made a three-day trip to the region, flying into Izmir, Turkey, where we rented a car and drove to find the seven churches. In the end, we saw a lot of rocks...
A 2011 report on how Turkey began restoring and opening up its early Christian sites, starting with a visit to the remains of a fourth-century church at ancient Philadelphia, today the market town of Alasehir.
Bible tours and custom journeys through the lands of Scripture.
