Excavations at Sayburç in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered more than 50 structures, including homes, communal buildings, and numerous T-shaped pillars. The discovery of mixed human bone deposits ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered one of the world’s oldest known works of narrative art—and at the center of it is a man clutching his penis. The 12-foot-long carved panel, which forms a bench ...

The earliest ever narrative scene depicts a man holding his genitals in his hand as he is being attacked by leopards. The stone carvings were found in 2021 at an 11,000-year-old site in Sayburç, ...

The Sayburç relief is the oldest narrative “scene” that has been discovered, giving researchers more insight into neolithic society. Photograph by B. Köşker. A 10,000-year-old slab discovered in ...

The carving of is the oldest known depiction of a narrative scene. It dates back 11,000 years to the Neolithic era known as the New Stone Age. "This was a picture of the stories that formed the ...

The carving was found at the site of Sayburç in south-eastern Turkey The two panels discovered depict people confronting dangerous animals The site was said to be active during the Neolithic, in the ...

A group of archaeologists may have just unearthed the earliest known narrative scene etched into an 11,000-year-old Neolithic bench, which was found at Sayburç, Turkey, reported first by Heritage ...