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9,500-Year-Old “Red-Floored Public Building” Unearthed at Çayönü Tepesi in Turkey
Archaeologists have uncovered a 9,500-year-old public building with a striking red-painted floor at Çayönü Tepesi, one of the world’s most significant Neolithic settlements, located in Ergani, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into the social life of early farming communities at the dawn of settled life. Excavations at Çayönü, first launched in…