Stories from the Hidden Harbor : Shipwrecks of Yenikapı / Zeynep Kızıltan, Gülbahar Baran Çelik,... [et al].

Includes bibliographical references.

Yenikapı Excavations and Trade in Istanbul in Antiquity / Rahmi Asal -- The Harbors of Byzantine Constantinople / Paul Magdalino -- The Harbor of Yenikapı in the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods / Öğül Emre Öncü -- The Shipwrecks of Yenikapı and their Contribution to the Study of Ship Construction / Cemal Pulak, Rebecca Ingram, Michael Jones, Sheila Matthews -- A New Milestone in Ship Archaeology : The Yenikapı Shipwrecks Project / Ufuk Kocabaş, Işıl Özsait-Kocabaş -- The Centuries-Long Voyage of Ship Yenikapı 12 / Işıl Özsait-Kocabaş -- Yenikapı 3 : A Merchantman Carrying the past / Ayşegül Çetiner -- The Coins from Antioch in the Theodosian Harbor : The Hoard of Bronze Coins from the Reign of Justinian I / Sedat Öztopbaş -- Neolithic Period / Mehmet Ali Polat -- Greek-Roman Period / Öğül Emre Öncü -- Byzantine Period / Mehmet Ali Polat, Öğül Emre Öncü, Sırrı Çölmekçi -- The Gold Coin Hoard of the Yenikapı Shipwrecks / Sedat Öztopbaş -- AnimalSkeletal Remains Discovered at the Metro and Marmaray Excavations / Vedat Onar -- Ottoman Period / Nilüfer Aydın -- YK 35 / Mehmet Ali Polat -- YK 3 / Feza Demirkök, Gülcan Kongaz, Özlem Korkmaz Kömürcü -- YK 12 / Asuman Denker, Feza Demirkök, Gülcan Kongaz, Mine Kiraz, Özlem Korkmaz Kömürcü, Tuğçe Akbaytogan -- YK 1 / Asuman Denker, Feza Demirkök, Mine Kiraz, Tuğçe Akbaytogan.

In 2004, the İstanbul Archaeological museums started large-scale salvage excavations at Yenikapı within the scope of Marmaray-Metro projects. For the first time in İstanbul's history, archaeological excavations were conducted at one of its Byzantine harbors. When the excavations started, it was not known what this ancient harbor at the mouth of the Lykos (Bayrampaşa) river would yield. At first, Ottoman remains were encountered in the excavation area, which covers over 58,000 square meters. Then, one of Constantinople's most important, and the world's best known harbors, the Theodosian Harbor, was reached only 1 meter below sea level. During the ongoing excavations, countless small finds and works of architecture were unearthed. In addition to wood and rope fragments, an unexpected find, a sihpwreck, was found in 2005. As the excavation area expanded, a total of 37 ships dating between the 5th and 11th centuries were brought to light. Among the finds are very well preserved small and large merchantmen, as well as galleys from the Middle and Late Byzantine periods, which have been found for the first time. The Yenikapı wrecks constitute the largest collection of shipwrecks ever found together. This exhibition has been prepared in light of the finds from Yenikapı and their scientific study.