Established in 1869, Istanbul Archaeological Museums has been crucial to both museum studies and archaeology itself since its establishment. Important data was shared with both science world and public that was collected from Istanbul urban archaeological studies conducted by the Museum recently.
Outputs of certain significant archaeological studies conducted in İstanbul recently will be put herein. These studies have been carried out in connection with the transportation projects that have been started in Istanbul since 2004. The most important of these excavations, which were carried out at different points in Istanbul, were carried out in Yenikapı, Sirkeci and Golden Horn. These areas of the city that are within the Historical Peninsula are the densest places of the city both in the past and now.
Excavations were carried out in Yenikapı which hosted the biggest harbour of Constantinopolis, namely the Theodosius Harbour, which was active from the 4th century AD. These excavations yielded numerous objects besides 36 Byzantine sunken.
On the other hand, another ancient harbour was unearthed in Sirkeci, namely Prosphorion Harbour, of which outputs enlightened us on the first harbour of Byzantion.
An important zoning process that took place in Istanbul during the Ottoman Period was identified in the excavations carried out in the Yenikapı Region. New information has been obtained about the embankment wall (Jetty) built in the sea to fill the sea in this region in 1761 and the reconstruction of Yalı Mahallesi here.
As a result of these studies, data that provide important information about the 8500-year-old life of Istanbul have been acquired.