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As the Euphrates Receded, Familiar Stones Emerged: Is the Taş Tepeler World Expanding?
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 exposed shoreline of the Atatürk Dam reservoir in southeastern Türkiye, researchers have identified T-shaped stone elements—a form inseparable from the ritual landscape of Göbeklitepe. Their appearance here, hundreds of kilometers…
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A 7,500-Year-Old Stone Seal Reveals Early Identity and Ownership in Prehistoric Anatolia
At first glance, it is a small object—unassuming, made of stone. Yet the seal recently uncovered at Tadım Höyük carries a weight far beyond its size. Dating back roughly 7,500 years, the artifact offers rare insight into how some of Anatolia’s earliest communities began to define identity, ownership, and social order long before the invention…