Catal Huyuk

Ca·tal Hu·yuk

or ça·tal·hö·yük (chä-täl′hœ-yük′)

An archaeological site in south-central Turkey southeast of Konya. It contains well-preserved ruins of a large Neolithic settlement.

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It started 10,000 years ago in settlements such as Catal Huyuk in Anatolia.

The power of the ancients: Bettany Hughes contemplates the vanity of her profession as she outlines the reasons why we must continue to engage with our very distant past

Eight thousand years ago, the inhabitants of the Neolithic city of Catal Huyuk in Anatolian Turkey appear to have exposed corpses to be stripped of flesh by vultures as part of the preparation for burial.