From Prehistoric Seas to Hittite Medicine: New Finds Emerge at Kulhoyuk

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Imagine keeping something in a clay pot and someone finding it forty centuries later. It is, more or less, what has happened in Külhöyük, a deposit about 20 kilometers south of Ankara. Inside a Hittite vessel of about 4,000 years have appeared remains of seeds of the sevgi çiçeği, the ... Continue reading "They find within a Hittite vessel 4,000 years seeds of a flower that today only grows in a corner of Turkey"

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A 66-million-year-old marine creature fossil and a 4,000-year-old love flower seed unearthed during excavations at Külhöyük in Ankara's Gölbaşı district shed light on the region's natural and cultural history.

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During excavations at Külhöyük in Ankara, a 4,000-year-old endemic love flower seed and a 66-million-year-old sea snail fossil were found in a Hittite chamber. These extraordinary findings will shed light on Hittite medicine and ancient pharmaceutical methods.