At Çatalhöyük, the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Anatolia, archaeologists have uncovered a rare 8,500-year-old wooden ladder fragment—the first physical proof of how its people entered their homes.

It was estimated to be present in 90% of the population of Eastern Thrace and 80% of the population of the coast of Asia ...

“The Hittites were uniquely interested in recording rituals in foreign languages,” Daniel Schwemer, head of the Chair of ...