Exploration goes beyond the pursuit of knowledge
Archaeologists have discovered a 9,000-year-old malachite and copper workshop at Çayönü Tepesi in southeastern Türkiye. The stone-paved workspace contained raw and partly worked malachite, processed…
Eight infant skeletons found beside Çatalhöyük’s “House of the Dead” are raising new questions about how the Neolithic community treated its youngest dead. Preliminary examination…
When the waters of the Upper Euphrates pulled back, the stones left behind told a story archaeologists know well—but not from this place. Along the…
A gentle morning light still hung over the plains of Karaman when archaeologists realized they were standing on something unusual—a narrow, compacted passageway running between…
In central Türkiye’s Bilecik province, traces of a 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement — discovered by chance in an empty field — have shed new light on…
Beneath the rolling plains of southeastern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered traces of a devastating earthquake that struck some 5,000 years ago, toppling a rectangular mudbrick…
Archaeologists excavating the Neolithic site of Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered more than 30 small, subterranean dwellings dating back around 11,000 years. The discovery…
In the heart of central Turkey, the ancient settlement of Çatalhöyük—one of the world’s earliest known urban centers—is once again rewriting what we know about…
