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Çatalhöyük

A 9,000-year-old town of mud-brick houses entered through their roofs, among the oldest ever found, 45 minutes from Konya.

Photo: Murat Özsoy 1958 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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2 hours

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A 9,000-year-old town of mud-brick houses entered through their roofs, among the oldest ever found, 45 minutes from Konya.

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