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The World’s First Map at Çatalhöyük: 8,200 Years of Wisdom Etched in Earth
Long before satellites or cartographers, a Neolithic community in what is now central Türkiye created something extraordinary: a map—arguably the first in human history—not drawn on parchment or stone, but painted on the interior wall of a mudbrick house. This wall painting, measuring about 3 meters in length and 90 centimeters in height, is believed…