ARCHAEOLOGY

THE WORLD’S FIRST NARRATIVE

In 2021, in the modern village of Sayburç, archaeologist Eylem Özdoǧan of Istanbul University discovered a rare Pre-Pottery Neolithic (ca. 12,000 to 10,200 years ago) relief including detailed depictions of humansthis must have been a place for special gatherings.”

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