A remarkable discovery at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, in 1961 revealed vibrant painted plaster, challenging previous notions of early ...

Unusual finds fuel new ideas about the impetus for one of the first long-term settlements (above, the site today). Catalhoyuk Research Project In 1993, dig leader Ian Hodder (above) resumed work at ...

An 8,600-year-old piece of bread has been found in a structure resembling an oven in Catalhoyuk, south-central Türkiye, one of the first places in the world where urban settlement has been recorded.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Fresh analysis of ancient DNA from Catalhoyuk, the sprawling Neolithic site in present-day Turkiye often ...

The theme for an exhibition that opened on June 4, 2026, at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiye), World’s First City Plan/Map, as ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons at Catalhoyuk, a Neolithic settlement in Turkey, suggests a matriarchal society where women were central figures. Maternal lineage shaped family organization, with women ...

As far back as the 1960s, archaeologists had a feeling that Catalhoyuk was something special. And not just because the Neolithic settlement was one of the oldest continually inhabited places in the ...

Catalhoyuk, Turkiye – About an hour southeast of Konya lies one of the most exciting Neolithic finds of the 20th century – the densely populated settlement of Catalhoyuk. Occupied for 1,000 years from ...

Archaeologists at Turkey's neolithic site of Catalhoyuk in central Anatolia have uncovered a "unique" complete female figurine, The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday. The statuette, ...

Girls, including infants, were buried with far more grave goods than boys, in some cases as much as fivefold more.