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Complete 2,300-Year-Old Skeleton Found at Hattusa with Knife Beside the Shoulder
Archaeologists at Hattusa have uncovered a 2,300-year-old burial containing a complete human skeleton, with a knife lying beside the deceased’s right shoulder. The grave was discovered on the northwestern slope of the ancient city in central Türkiye and dates to the late 4th or 3rd century BC. That places it long after Hattusa’s famous role…
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One of Anatolia’s Oldest Painted Caves Discovered in Malatya’s Tohma Canyon
A prehistoric cave discovered in Tohma Canyon in Malatya, eastern Türkiye, may rank among the oldest and richest painted caves known in Anatolia. Initial surveys identified nearly 100 human and animal figures on the cave walls, along with numerous geometric symbols. The paintings, made in red and reddish-brown tones, appear to belong to a symbolic…