Konya · Turkey

Çatalhöyük

Historic photo spotgoogle verified

~30 min

easy

7/10

contemplative

No, this isn't a hallucination brought on by the parched Konya plain. Rising 20m above the flatlands, the East Mound at Çatalhöyük is left over from one of the largest neolithic settlements on earth. About 9000 years ago, up to 8000 people lived here, and the mound comprises 13 levels of buildings,