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Headless Figurines Left in 8,000-Year-Old Buildings Hint at a Neolithic Ritual in Turkey
Headless figurines found at Kanlıtaş Höyük in western Turkey may preserve one of the most intimate traces of Neolithic ritual behavior: the moment when a building was deliberately closed and something was left behind. The four terracotta female figurines, discovered near İnönü in Eskişehir Province, date back roughly 8,000 years. Found close to floor levels…
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An amphitheater-like Neolithic structure has been uncovered at Karahantepe in southeastern Turkey
Under the sharp light of the Şanlıurfa plateau, archaeologists at Karahantepe have revealed a structure unlike anything previously documented in the early Neolithic world: a circular, amphitheater-like gathering space carved directly into bedrock, lined with tiers of stone benches and flanked by human heads sculpted into its walls. The discovery pushes the boundaries of what…
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Turkey’s Taş Tepeler Reveals its Most Mysterious Neolithic Art Yet: New Faces, New Rituals, New Questions
A still-faced sculpture with a sealed mouth, unfamiliar stone portraits carved in the hills, and a double-sided bead that seems to look in two directions at once—Turkey’s Taş Tepeler region has entered a new phase of archaeological intrigue. In Şanlıurfa this week, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism introduced a set of discoveries that not…