Neolithic

An abandoned village in western Turkey whose roots go back to the Neolithic era will soon be restored, a minister has announced. Click through for the story in photos...

Archeologists have discovered new temples and standing stones in Göbeklitepe, an archeological site located in Turkey's southeastern Şanlıurfa province.

The inclusion of the “world’s oldest temple” Göbeklitepe, located in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, in UNESCO’s World Heritage List will strengthen efforts to protect the site, the head of Turkey’s commission to UNESCO has said. Click through for the story in photos...

A 10,000-year old stone seal from the Neolithic period and a 6,000-year old animal figurine from the early Bronze Age that had been hosted in the Şanlurfa Museum are now missing.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Turkish scientists a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) grant to analyze the DNA of 1,500 people who used to live in the Anatolian region – the Asian part of present-day Turkey – during the Neolithic period.

For the very first time archaeologists have found prehistoric traces of human life in the very downtown of Bulgaria's capital Sofia - 7,000-year-old Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age) pottery - which comes close to the age of the Slatina Neolithic Settlement in Sofia's Slatina Quarter.

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The remains of a 6,000-year-old dwelling have been uncovered in a field near Kilmarnock, Scotland, during pipeline upgrade works carried out by Scottish Water.

Excavations in the Domuztepe Mound in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş, considered to be the biggest settlement in the era since the usage of the term "Near East," have unearthed vessels depicting "tree of life" motifs.

The mound is located close to the Kelibişler neighborhood in the Pazarcık district.

Human skulls unearthed in the world's oldest temple Göbeklitepe (9,500-7,500 B.C.), in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, were recently reported in the Turkish media with the wrong visuals. 

Göbeklitepe is among the world's most important ancient sites, dating back to the period of humankind's transition from hunting to settled agricultural life. 

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.