Neolithic Türkiye

11,000-Year-Old Piercing Evidence at Boncuklu Tarla Reveals How Neolithic People Shaped Identity Through the Body

Boncuklu Tarla Neolithic piercing evidence from southeastern Türkiye suggests that people were modifying their bodies with lip and ear ornaments thousands of years earlier than…

The Secret of Taş Tepeler: Unlocking the Codes of the Neolithic Era in Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa, Türkiye – The Neolithic heart of humanity is being rediscovered in the sunbaked plains of southeastern Türkiye. From the monumental enclosures of Göbekli Tepe…

Çayönü, Türkiye: The 10,000-Year-Old Village That Sparked Civilization

Imagine a world before writing, before cities, even before farming. Humanity is still roaming, dependent on hunting and gathering. And then—somewhere in southeastern Türkiye, a…