Matriarchy

Archaeological excavations are continuing in the 10,000-year-old Boncuklu Höyük (mound), located nine kilometers from Çatalhöyük, one of the world's oldest settlements in the Karatay district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya.

A DNA research carried out in the wake of findings excavated in Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic settlement located in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has revealed a genetic affinity between the people of Anatolia and Europe.

Ancient skeletons unearthed in Çatalhöyük are on display at the Archaeology Museum. The skeletons are among the most popular pieces unearthed in the site

In the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük, founded by 8,000 people in the Central Anatolian province of Konya and one of the earliest settlements in the history of mankind, no war, conflict or violent attacks occurred, archaeological excavations in the region have revealed. 

Koç University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) has opened the exhibition "The Curious Case of Çatalhöyük," celebrating the 25th excavation season of the Çatalhöyük Research Project.

Free workshops will be organized for children in the Çatalhöyük Neolithic settlement between June 19 and July 26.

The Shell Çatalhöyük Archaeology Summer Workshop is organized by Shell Turkey, which has contributed to the excavations, carried out by Stanford University, at the UNESCO world heritage site since 1995. 

An excavation team that has been working at Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia for decades has come the closest yet to solving some of the mysteries surrounding the Neolithic site's earliest structures, according to the head of the dig.

Two plump woman figurines unearthed in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük represent elderly women, not the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele as was earlier believed, according to an expert.

Archaeological excavations in the Central Anatolian province of Konya's Çatalhöyük, headed by Professor Ian Hadder, have unearthed a well-preserved female figurine from the Neolithic era of 8,000-8,500 B.C. 

The figurine has all parts of its body intact and has been defined as "unique." 

Çatalhöyük's inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List has done wonders for tourism at the 9,000-year-old site in Central Anatolia, according to the head of the excavations at the site, Professor Ian Hodder. 

"There has been an increase in the number of tourists. Çatalhöyük has become the center of archaeological tourism," he said.