Channel: Ancient Architects

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Description: Over the past few months I’ve made many videos on the Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites of Anatolia, such as Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, but I haven’t really made a video about what came after in this part of the world. Well, between 7,500 and 6,400 BC, Anatolia was home to what some call the world’s first metropolitan city, or proto-city, and that is the incredible site of Çatalhöyük, a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement. During its heyday, around 9,000 years ago, it may have been home to as many as 10,000 people, people that lived in mudbrick houses that were all crammed together in what look like aggregated structures or neighbourhoods. You entered each house via holes in the ceiling. They generally had two rooms, with plaster interiors and it has long been believed there were timber ladders or staircases, although until recently, no examples had ever been discovered. Now that's all changed, and a startling new discovery at Çatalhöyük is another world’s first and that is a large 8,500-year-old fragment of a wooden ladder and although maybe it may not sound all that interesting from the outside, the importance of this find should not be understated. Watch the video to learn more and to find out why this amazing and unique archaeological discovery is so important to history. All images are taken from Google Images and the below sources for educational purposes only. Some of the images were tweeted by Killackey Illustration, and are the property of killackeyillustration.com Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you. Sources: arkeolojikhaber.com/haber-catalhoyuk-arkeoloji-kazilarinda-ilk-kez-neolitik-merdiven-bulundu-33618 ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/catalhoyuk-ladder-0016663 twitter.com/kjkillackey/status/1516445153665372163?s=20&t=8K6PjUSB7h03goBzH8Gn2w #AncientArchitects #Catalhoyuk #AncientHistory