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Why Mendiktepe might be the oldest civilization site ever found

In this Ancient Architects exclusive, we explore Mendiktepe — a newly revealed Pre‑Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey that may be older than both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. Shockingly, ...
The Debrief

Cremation Before Civilization? Evidence Suggests Ancient Hunter Gatherers Cremated a Woman Nearly 10,000 Years Ago

Evidence suggests ancient hunter-gatherers performed the first ever African cremation of a female sometime around 9,500 years ...
Yahoo

Scientists Found a 12,000-Year-Old Monument—Turns Out It May Be Humanity’s Oldest Calendar

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...
Greek Reporter

Six out of Europe’s Ten Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities Are in Greece

European streets, buildings, and monuments preserve layered testimony to the continent’s earliest urban civilizations. Among ...
Yahoo

Here Are The Stories Behind 10 Ancient Civilizations That Seemingly Vanished From The Face Of The Earth

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient High-Status Woman Was Buried With a Parrot-Feather Cape and a Beaded Toucan’s Beak in Modern-Day Peru

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...
Greek Reporter

Six of Europe’s Ten Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities Are in Greece

The Erechtheion, built in the 5th century BC, at the Acropolis of Athens. Athens is one of the six oldest Greek cities among ...