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 ...

About 9,000 years ago, the settlement was an egalitarian, matrilineal society with no evidence of organised violence.

UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to add Turkey's Catalhoyuk Neolitic City on the World Heritage list at their meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Sunday. UNESCO World Heritage Committee ...

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 ...

A remarkable discovery at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, in 1961 revealed vibrant painted plaster, challenging previous notions of early farmers' lives. This ancient settlement, devoid of streets, featured ...

A member of UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the 9,000-year-old prehistoric site at Catalhoyuk, central Turkey sheds light on the deep history of humanity. Home to some 8,000 people in the Neolithic age, ...