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ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS IN TURKEY
Daughters stayed home, sons left: That was the rule in a 9,000-year-old Turkish village, says a 2025 Science paper that sequenced 131 ancient skeletonsAncient DNA from 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük reveals a surprising social structure. Contrary to common assumptions, men appear to have moved ...- 77 headless skeletons found in a 7,000-year-old ditch in Slovakia, and the only skull left belonged to a childArchaeologists in Slovakia unearthed dozens of headless human skeletons. The remains are over 7,000 years old. Skulls were carefully remove...
- What Was Hidden Beneath a Turkish Farmer’s Field: How a 1,700-Year-Old Roman Bathhouse Appeared in Eastern AnatoliaA farmer in Salkaya, Turkey, unearthed patterned stones in 2023, leading to the discovery of a 1,700-year-old Roman bathhouse. Archaeologis...
- The Underground City That Could Hide Thousands… Why Was It Built?Beneath central Turkey lies Derinkuyu, a remarkable underground city carved into volcanic rock, capable of sheltering thousands. This ancie...
- How beer established civilisationContrary to popular belief, beer, not bread, may have been the primary driver for the dawn of agriculture. Archaeological evidence suggests...
- Sahara Desert was once home to several Nigerian citiesGenerations of travellers have stood before the "ksars" of Djado, wondering at their crenelated walls, watchtowers, secretive passages and ...
- With eye to China investment, Taliban now to preserve BuddhasChina's ambassador to Afghanistan has said talks are ongoing, but nothing more. Acquiring rare minerals is key for Beijing to maintain its ...
- 30 years of independence: Kazakhstan eyes to widen strategic partnership with IndiaPM Narendra Modi was in Kazakhstan in July 2015 (bilateral visit) and June 2017 (SCO summit). Modi participated in the 17th SCO Summit in A...
- 50 mn Indians to travel overseas in 2019: World Tourism OrganisationAccording to the UN World Tourism Organisation, 50 million Indians will travel overseas in 2019, up from 23 million in 2017.
- World Heritage List: Other sites that made the cutMostly abandoned after a devastating earthquake in the 14th century, the ruins in Ani include a relatively well-preserved cathedral and hol...
- Security lessons from history & geographyIndia should help Pakistan and Afghanistan find ways to move towards a healthier economy, a more stable and stronger polity and a freer soc...
- Down history's pathThere’s little left of the fabled Temple of Artemis, but Ephesus has other wonders. One has to see it to appreciate it.
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