Turkish Cultural Foundation Supports Çatalhöyük
We are pleased to announce that the Turkish Cultural Foudation has decided to designate Çatalhöyük as a grassroots project to raise awareness in the United States about the importance of this site to Anatolia’s history and to mankind and to help raise funds for its preservation. ... (read more)
Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Visiits Çatalhöyük - Photos on Flickr
Çatalhöyük Inscribed On UNESCO World Heritage List
This Web site is designed for those interested in the ongoing excavations at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Its aim is to provide information about the activities of the Project and of the different aspects of the research being conducted at Çatalhöyük.
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük was first discovered in the late 1950s and excavated by James Mellaart between 1961 and 1965. The site rapidly became famous internationally due to the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintin gs and other art that was uncovered inside the houses.
Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people that inhabited the site.
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