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 ...

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. World Heritage Committee is ...

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.

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 ancient Turkish city was ruled by females who lived in a matriarchal society, more than 9,000 years ago, a new study has confirmed. Researchers analysed ancient DNA from Stone Age burials of more ...

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, ...

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 ...