Tuesday 3 January 2023

TURKEY

A cover from Turkey, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2019 celebrating the World Heritage Site Arslantepe Mound. Melid, also known as Arslantepe, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Arslantepe Mound on 26 July 2021.