Photo: Joseph Quinlan
Ancient People in World’s Oldest City Painted Skeletons of the Dead, Buried Them in Their Homes; Joseph Golder; Newsweek
‘Firsts’ of Anatolia: Land of culture, history and architecture; Irem Yasar; Daily Sabah
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Source: ‘Firsts’ of Anatolia: Land of culture, history and architecture
Neolithic-Era Homes, Street Found at Catalhoyuk Site in Turkey; Patricia Claus; Greek Reporter
Photo: Omar Hoftun
Neolithic-era homes and a street were found during the most recent excavations at Çatalhöyük, in Turkey, near the Greek city of Ikonion.
Source: Neolithic-Era Homes, Street Found at Catalhoyuk Site in Turkey
Second neighborhood found in Turkey’s neolithic site Çatalhöyük; Daily Sabah
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Source: Second neighborhood found in Turkey’s neolithic site Çatalhöyük
Turkey’s ancient cities shed light on vast Mesopotamian history; Daily Sabah
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Source: Turkey’s ancient cities shed light on vast Mesopotamian history
Bones in homes: Residents of prehistoric settlements were buried in their own homes; Szymon Zdziebłowski; Nauka W Polsce
Residents of an 8,000-year-old prehistoric proto-city could be buried in the houses where they lived, according to grim new research.
Source: Bones in homes: Residents of prehistoric settlements were buried in their own homes
HUNDREDS OF SKELETONS UNEARTHED AT WORLD’S OLDEST CITY SHOW HOW VIOLENCE AND DISEASE RAVAGED CIVILIZATION; Hannah Osborne; Newsweek
Turkish Heritage Site ‘Catalhoyuk’ Tells 9000-Year-Old Story; AlBawaba
Turkish Heritage Site ‘Catalhoyuk’ Tells 9000-Year-Old Story…
Source: Turkish Heritage Site ‘Catalhoyuk’ Tells 9000-Year-Old Story
Rare 8,000-year-old figurine of a voluptuous woman is found at the site of one of the world’s first cities; Abigal Beall; AP & Daily Mail
- Figurine is one of thousands previously discovered at the Catllhoyuk site
- The city, established around 7,000 BC, was home to 5,000 people
- This artefact is special because it is fully intact and made of stone, not clay
- It could represent a fertility goddess or an older woman with high status
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare stone figurine of a woman at a dig in Turkey’s central province of Konya.
The woman, with her sagging breasts and belly, is thought to represent either a fertility ‘mother goddess’ or an older woman who has achieved high status.
An expert says the figurine, dating back 8,000 years, is one of only handful of statuettes of the era ever found in one piece.
By 2009, nearly 2,000 figurines had been unearthed at the site in Catalhoyuk, Turkey.
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