With its 12 thousand years of history, Göbeklitepe, described as the “zero point of history”, is home to the first painted statue, while one of the most realistic human statues was found in Karahantepe.
Archaeologists have discovered a wooden structure built by pre- Homo Sapiens carpenters. The world’s oldest wooden structure, unearthed at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, dates back at least 476,000 years.
A cave containing the grave of a prostitute was discovered in the Via Hebron area of Jerusalem. She was buried with a well preserved folding box mirror from the same time period.
It was reported that a new Indo-European language was discovered during excavations in the Boğazkale district of Çorum, the capital of the Hittites, Hattusa.