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Çatalhöyük
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Çatalhöyük at the time of the first excavations

Çatalhöyük (Template:IPA-tr; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; çatal is Turkish for "fork", höyük for "mound") was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000BC. It is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic site found to date. In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Images for kids

  • Catal Hüyük Restoration B

    On-site restoration of a typical interior

  • CatalHoyukSouthArea

    Excavations at the southern area of the site

  • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations016

    Earliest known textile fragments

  • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations011

    Images of deities

  • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations003

    Mural of aurochs, a deer, and humans

  • Catal Hüyük reliefs

    Relief of two lionesses facing each other

  • Catal Hüyük, bull heads

    Aurochs' heads

  • Çatalhöyük excavations .

    A photo of the earliest excavations in Çatalhöyük.


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