Nika!—Conquer! Conquer!” The remains of the Hippodrome host a park in modern-day Istanbul, Turkey. The building has long since disappeared, but the obelisks of Thutmose and Constantine still ...

In a 2014 video on Istanbul, travel guru Rick Steves stands in the middle of the square, explaining how the hippodrome once seated more than 60,000 race fans. Among the square’s features -- a ...

the Hippodrome. But, then, so is the Galata Tower, the Suleyman Mosque, the Spice Market and the little-known Underground Palace. And this is only Istanbul. Much of Turkey is an archaeological ...