Archaeologists in Turkey announced the discovery of the oldest known bakery in the world, dating back to 6600 BC, in an archaeological site from the Neolithic era, according to what the “Network” reported.CNN“.
A largely “destroyed” kiln structure was found in an area called “Mekan 66”, where there are adjacent mudbrick houses, at the archaeological site of Çatalhöyük in the Genoese province of Konya, Turkey, according to the Science and Technology Research and Applications Center at Turkey’s Necmettin Erbakan University.
The center stated in a statement that scientists found wheat, barley, pea seeds, and round, “spongy” remains the size of the palm of the oven around the oven.
Analysis of the organic remains found that it was 8,600-year-old uncooked, fermented bread.
The head of the excavation mission, associate professor at Anatolia University in Turkey, Ali Umut Turkan, described the discovery as “the oldest bread in the world.”
“It’s a smaller version of a loaf of bread,” he said. “The yeast, which has not been baked, has a finger pressed in the middle. It was fermented and has survived to this day with the starches inside. There is nothing similar like this yet.”
The wood and bread were preserved thanks to the thin clay that covered the vessel in which it was placed, according to biologist Salih Kavak, a lecturer at Gaziantep University in Turkey.
He said: “The flour and water were mixed, and the bread was prepared next to the oven and stored for a while.”
Çatalhöyük, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was home to about 8,000 people during the Neolithic Age, and is one of the world’s first places of urbanization.
The city is located on the border of “Cumra” in the “Konya” province in central Anatolia.
The city appears in the form of an earthen hill that takes the form of a flat top.
Çatalhöyük was discovered in 1958 by scientist J. Melart, and several excavations were carried out, according to the Anadolu Agency website.
Research conducted at the well-preserved site revealed residential plans and several landmarks such as frescoes and inscriptions, making it considered “the most important human settlement documenting the early sedentary agricultural life of Neolithic society,” according to the UNESCO website.
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