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A 10,000-Year-Old Sketch: Sefertepe Excavation Uncovers Remarkably Detailed Boar Cub Carving
Archaeologists working at Sefertepe, one of the emerging Neolithic sites of Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler region, have uncovered a delicately incised depiction of a wild boar piglet carved into the underside of a heavily used grinding stone. The discovery, reported exclusively by Arkeolojihaber, adds a new layer to our understanding of symbolic expression in the 10th…
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Sefertepe Excavation Reveals 12 New Human Skulls From the 10th Millennium BCE
In southeastern Turkey, the prehistoric settlement of Sefertepe has yielded another major discovery: archaeologists have uncovered 12 human skulls estimated to be 10,500 years old. The find adds to growing evidence of ritual practices in the region during the earliest stages of settled life. Located in Şanlıurfa Province, Sefertepe is one of several sites investigated…