Şanlıurfa, Türkiye · 5 min
Taş Tepeler and Karahantepe: The Stone Hills of Şanlıurfa
Taş Tepeler, the "Stone Hills" around Şanlıurfa: how Karahantepe, Sayburç and their neighbours are changing what we know about early settled life.
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Anatolia & Mesopotamia, where civilisation began
Stories from the lands between the Tigris and the Aegean — excavations, crafts and the objects people have lived with for thousands of years.
Anatolia, Türkiye · 5 min
From Pithos to Küp: Thousands of Years of Storage Jars in Anatolia
Storage jars in Anatolia, from Neolithic clay bins to Hittite grain stores, olive-oil jars and the küp: what they held, how they were made, why they last.
ReadHasankeyf, Batman Province, Türkiye · 5 min
Hasankeyf: 12,000 Years on the Tigris
Hasankeyf on the Tigris: from Neolithic hunter-gatherers to Romans and Artuqids, the Ilisu Dam, the monuments that were moved, and the town today.
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Göbeklitepe: The Temple That Rewrote the Story of Civilisation
Göbeklitepe, the 12,000-year-old hilltop monument in Türkiye: what it is, why it matters, and what the 2025–2026 excavations have just revealed.
ReadKonya Plain, Türkiye · 5 min
Çatalhöyük: Life in a 9,000-Year-Old Town
Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia: houses entered by ladder, early pottery and grain storage, and what new research on DNA and bread tells us.
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