Plain-English summaries of what's coming out of the ground — each with its sources, so you can go straight to the record.
The 2025 season revealed more than fifty Neolithic structures at Sayburç — five communal or special-purpose buildings and the rest homes — many marked by the region's signature T-shaped pillars. The dig also documents a shift from round to rectangular buildings across roughly 300 years of occupation. It reframes Sayburç as a full village, not a single monument. Read the full story →
Sources: Arkeonews · Türkiye Today · Archaeology.org
Excavators reported a carved figure with a sealed, stitched mouth — interpreted as representing a deceased person — from a structure that has produced strong evidence of ritual activity. It's one of the most evocative finds of recent seasons, and a rare clue to Neolithic ideas about death. Read the full story →
Sources: Türkiye Today · Karahan Tepe
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Taş Tepeler project marked five years of work across the Şanlıurfa Neolithic sites — Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Sayburç and more — that together are rewriting the story of how humans first settled down. Read the full story →
Source: News Central Asia
Eylem Özdoğan's paper introduced the five-figure bench relief to the world and made the case that it is the earliest known narrative scene — the moment Sayburç became internationally famous. Read the full story →
Source: Antiquity / Cambridge Core
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