#History
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History Three Thousand Years of Amasra: A Brief History of a Town
From Sesamos to Amasra: how did this peninsula, through which Phoenicians, Byzantines, Genoese and Ottomans passed over three thousand years, come to look as it does today?
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Story A New Three-Blazon Genoese Coat of Arms Discovered
A newly discovered three-blazon Genoese coat of arms from Amasra's inner castle features the Crusader Republic, Doria family, and Podestà emblems, now held at Amasra Museum.
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Story The '1st of May' Inscription in Amasra
Necdet Sakaoğlu investigates the French '1 May 1911' inscription carved into Amasra's breakwater — possibly the earliest stone-carved record of labour solidarity in Turkey.
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Story Treasure Hunters
A search for ancient rock tombs in the Kocareis and Durnuk area of Bartın: the group gets lost, finds a standing stone, discovers the hidden tomb, and essays on Lycian tombs.
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Story Kostas Read It, We Understood!
A gravestone in Amasra Museum's garden is written in Greek letters but Turkish words.
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