Tell Tayinat’s Great Lion

Tell Tayinat’s Great Lion

The University of To (TAP) unearthed a m Kunulua, capital of tl east Turkey. Associat position, was a magn approximately 1.3 m in height and 1.6 m in length. The lion is poised in a seated position, with ears back, claws extended…

Canadian Archaeology in Turkey

Canadian Archaeology in Turkey

bout: Despite Hollywood films and the field’s somewhat romantic history, there are not that many professional archaeologists around. What prompted you to enter the profession?

Under the Volcano — and Anatolian Skies

Under the Volcano — and Anatolian Skies

A once-precocious teenager studying Under the Volcano in CanLit found himself only a few years later posted within the shadow of Malcolm Lowry’s Popocatepetl and Ixtazihuati, the great volcanoes of Mexico. Years later, and in the near vicinity of what one Australian…

South-Eastern Turkey — History to Burn

South-Eastern Turkey — History to Burn

Those who have had the pleasure to be posted to Ankara know very well the gem that Turkey is. From a professional point of view, the internal politics combined with the complex mixture of Turkey’s relations with the EU, Greece, Former Soviet…

Growing Up in the Foreign Service

Growing Up in the Foreign Service

Life in the Foreign Service has its ups and downs, and who is better qualified to talk about these trials than the children of Foreign Service officers?