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Deep Dive: 9,000-Year-Old Workshop Uncovered in Turkey

Ran in the 6:05 PM edition of LivePulse, Friday, October 23, 2026
Original reporting: Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni, 2026-10-23

DIYARBAKIR PROVINCE, TURKEY—According to a Türkiye Today report, green malachite and copper has been uncovered in a 9,000-year-old workshop in a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said that the pieces of raw and worked malachite, copper beads, and other copper objects were found in the workshop, which has a stone-paved work area.

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